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compiler In computing, a compiler is a computer program that Translator (computing), translates computer code written in one programming language (the ''source'' language) into another language (the ''target'' language). The name "compiler" is primaril ...

s, compiler generators,

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, translators, tool foundations,

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, automatable command line interfaces ( shells), etc.

Ada compilers

ALGOL 60 compilers

ALGOL 68 compilers

cf. ALGOL 68s specification and implementation timeline

Assemblers (Intel *86)

Assemblers (Motorola 68*)

Assemblers (Zilog Z80)

Assemblers (other)

BASIC compilers

BASIC interpreters

C compilers

Notes:

C++ compilers

Notes:

C# compilers

COBOL compilers

Common Lisp compilers

D compilers

DIBOL/DBL compilers

ECMAScript interpreters

Eiffel compilers

Forth compilers and interpreters

Fortran compilers

Go compilers

Haskell compilers

ISLISP compilers and interpreters

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compilers

Lisaac compiler

Pascal compilers

Perl interpreters

PHP compilers

PL/I compilers

Python compilers and interpreters

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compilers and interpreters

Rust compilers

Smalltalk compilers

Tcl interpreters

Command language interpreters

Rexx interpreters

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compilers

Source-to-source compilers

This list is incomplete. A more extensive list of source-to-source compilers can be found

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Free/libre and open source compilers

Production quality, free/libre and open source compilers. *

Amsterdam Compiler Kit The Amsterdam Compiler Kit (ACK) is a retargetable compiler suite and toolchain written by Andrew Tanenbaum and Ceriel Jacobs, since 2005 maintained by David Given. It has frontends for the following programming languages: C, Pascal, Modula ...

(ACK) , Pascal, Modula-2, Occam, and BASIC nix-like* Clang C/C++/Objective-C Compiler * AMD Optimizing C/C++ Compiler *

FreeBASIC FreeBASIC is a FOSS, free and open source multiplatform compiler and programming language based on BASIC licensed under the GNU General Public License, GNU GPL for Microsoft Windows, protected-mode MS-DOS (DOS extender), Linux, FreeBSD and Xbox ...

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OS/Linux/Windows*

Free Pascal Free Pascal Compiler (FPC) is a compiler for the closely related programming-language dialects Pascal and Object Pascal. It is free software released under the GNU General Public License, witexception clausesthat allow static linking against it ...

ascal OS/Linux/Windows(32/64/CE)/MacOS/NDS/GBA/..(and many more)*

GNU Compiler Collection The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is a collection of compilers from the GNU Project that support various programming languages, Computer architecture, hardware architectures, and operating systems. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) distributes ...

(GCC): C (gcc), C++ (g++),

Objective-C Objective-C is a high-level general-purpose, object-oriented programming language that adds Smalltalk-style message passing (messaging) to the C programming language. Originally developed by Brad Cox and Tom Love in the early 1980s, it was ...

Objective-C++ Objective-C is a high-level general-purpose, object-oriented programming language that adds Smalltalk-style message passing (messaging) to the C (programming language), C programming language. Originally developed by Brad Cox and Tom Love in ...

, Fortran ( gfortran), Ada (

GNAT GNAT is a free-software compiler for the Ada programming language which forms part of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). It supports all versions of the language, i.e. Ada 2012, Ada 2005, Ada 95 and Ada 83. Originally its ...

), Go (gccgo), D (gdc, since 9.1),

Modula-2 Modula-2 is a structured, procedural programming language developed between 1977 and 1985/8 by Niklaus Wirth at ETH Zurich. It was created as the language for the operating system and application software of the Lilith personal workstation. It w ...

(gm2, since 13.1),

COBOL COBOL (; an acronym for "common business-oriented language") is a compiled English-like computer programming language designed for business use. It is an imperative, procedural, and, since 2002, object-oriented language. COBOL is primarily ...

(gcobol, since 15.1) and

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(gccrs, since 15.1) also available, but not in standard are: Java ( gcj), ALGOL 68, Pascal ( gpc), Mercury, Modula-3, VHDL and PL/I; Linux, the BSDs, macOS, NeXTSTEP, Windows and BeOS, among others * Local C compiler inux, SPARC, MIPS, window* The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure which is also frequently used for research *

Portable C Compiler The Portable C Compiler (also known as pcc or sometimes pccm - portable C compiler machine) is an early compiler for the C programming language written by Stephen C. Johnson of Bell Labs in the mid-1970s, based in part on ideas proposed by Alan ...

nix-like* Open Watcom , C++, and Fortran indows and OS/2, Linux/FreeBSD WIP* TenDRA /C++ nix-like*

Tiny C Compiler The Tiny C Compiler, TCC, tCc, or TinyCC is a x86 (32-bits), X86-64 and ARM processor C compiler initially written by Fabrice Bellard. It is designed to work for slower computers with little disk space (e.g. on rescue disks). Windows operati ...

inux, Windows* Open64, supported by AMD on Linux. * XPL PL/I dialect (several systems) *

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pple OSes, Linux, Windows (as of version 5.3)

Research compilers

Research compilers are mostly not robust or complete enough to handle real, large applications. They are used mostly for fast

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new language features and new optimizations in research areas. * Open64: A popular research compiler. Open64 merges the open source changes from the PathScale compiler mentioned. *

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: an open source compiler framework to generate source-to-source analyzers and translators for C/C++ and Fortran, developed at

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a Federally funded research and development centers, federally funded research and development center in Livermore, California, United States. Originally established in 1952, the laboratory now i ...

* MILEPOST GCC: interactive plugin-based open-source research compiler that combines the strength of GCC and the flexibility of the common Interactive Compilation Interface that transforms production compilers into interactive research toolsets. * Interactive Compilation Interface – a plugin system with high-level API to transform production-quality compilers such as GCC into powerful and stable research infrastructure while avoiding developing new research compilers from scratch * Phoenix optimization and analysis framework by Microsoft * Edison Design Group: provides production-quality front end compilers for C, C++, and Java (a number of the compilers listed on this page use front end source code from Edison Design Group). Additionally, Edison Design Group makes their proprietary software available for research uses.

Footnotes

References

External links

List of C++ compilers
maintained by C++'s inventor,

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List of free C/C++ compilers and interpreters

List of compiler resources
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Compilers In computing, a compiler is a computer program that translates computer code written in one programming language (the ''source'' language) into another language (the ''target'' language). The name "compiler" is primarily used for programs tha ...