Compiler

Definitions

1. One who compiles.
2. A computer program that transforms source code into object code.

Equivalents

Examples

“a compiler of poetry anthologies”

“my favourite crossword compiler”

“Had I travelled the same route by train⟳ (the Trans-Siberian Express⟳, say⟳), it would have⟳ taken me a week to get⟳ there - enough time to notice⟳ that the clocks at all the stations along the way (as well as at all other stations in the totalitarian USSR) stubbornly stuck to Moscow Time. […] That bizarre arrangement, convenient for the compilers of train⟳ timetables but highly confusing for everyone else, was in force⟳ until the early 2000s, when railway stations across Russia finally adopted local times, like⟳ everywhere else in the world.”

“As a result⟳, many compilers automatically allocate blocks of memory and then parcel chunks out to programs with a suballocator when needed. That is, the compiler allocates a chunk of some 4,000 bytes and then parcels this memory out to you in bits and pieces when you need⟳ it.”

“The recommended Apple Objective-C compiler, Clang/LLVM (versions 4.2 and above) provides support⟳ for autosynthesis of declared properties. This means that the compiler will automatically synthesize declared properties […]”

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