IBM\xae Fortran compilers help you create and maintain computationally intensive programs.
The Fortran language provides a set of mathematical computation features, array manipulation, and constructs to help you create complex modeling algorithms..
The C programming language is what is referred to as a compiled language.
In other words, C programs are implemented by compilers, which translate source code into machine-readable code (more on that later).
The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is one such compiler for the C language..
Before any high level languages existed compilers were written in assembly language which, although human readable, were difficult for humans to read.
Assembly language was a higher form of machine language and was very easy to translate into machine instructions with a simple translation tool called an assembler..
As we already know, the compiler converts high-level source code to low-level code.
Then, the target machine executes low-level code.
On the other hand, the interpreter analyzes and executes source code directly..
IBM\xae Fortran compilers help you create and maintain computationally intensive programs.
The Fortran language provides a set of mathematical computation features, array manipulation, and constructs to help you create complex modeling algorithms..
A compiler is similar to an interpreter.
However, a compiler is faster than an interpreter and translates the entire file at once.
An interpreter reads the source program line by line and, therefore, is a slower process.
TurboC++ and Keil are two specific examples of commonly used compilers..
