Compilation and interpretation are the two primary methods for executing code in the realm of programming. In order for computers to comprehend and execute high-level programming languages, compilers ...

Compilers are a bit like Florida election officials: They’re suddenly in the spotlight after years of relative anonymity. The reason for the attention is the arrival of fast and complex 64-bit ...

Java compilers take center stage in this second article in the JVM performance optimization series. Eva Andreasson introduces the different breeds of compiler and compares performance results from ...