Compiler theory

In computer science, a compiler-compiler or compiler generator is a programming tool that creates a parser, interpreter, or compiler from some form of formal description of a programming language and machine.

compiler which runs on one host platform, but creates executable programs for other platforms

process of writing a compiler (or assembler) in the source programming language that it intends to compile

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compiler that tries to minimize or maximize some attributes of an executable computer program