Lesson 1 - Shawlands Academy
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Computer
Systems
Nat 4/5 Computing Science
Translator Programs
Lesson Aims
By
the end of this lesson:
All pupils will be able to:
Describe and compare the following types of
languages:
Machine Code
High Level Languages
Describe why High Level Languages require
translation.
Describe how interpreters and compilers
function.
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Types Of Languages
Machine
symbols.
Code is made up of only 2
1 and 0 (On and Off)
High
Level Languages such as Visual Basic
are written using some English words.
They are not written IN english!
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High Level Languages
General
Purpose
Artificial
Intelligence
Education
Operating
Systems
• Pascal, C, C++ and COMAL
• ALGOL (Initially used for Mainframes)
• PROLOG (PROgramming in LOGic)
• LISP (Probably 2nd oldest language still in use - 1958)
• Pascal
• COMAL
• BASIC
•C
• C++,C#
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Why do we need them?
The
source code you write is instructions for
the computer
They are in a High Level Language
The
computer needs these instructions
translated into machine code
It’s the only language it understands!
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Types of Translators
These
programs convert High Level
Language Source code into machine code
(binary)
Interpreter
Translates
Compiler
Translates
and executes one line at a time
Think complete!
and executes the entire program at
once
This program can then be ran repeatedly
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Interpreter
Functions
like a spoken language
interpreter.
Translates and executes a single line at a time
The interpreter is ALWAYS loaded in memory
Error feedback is provided line by line
Like
in Smallbasic
Interpreted programs have to be reinterpreted every single execution
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How an interpreter works
Original Source Code
Pctoutput.isible = true
Pctoutput.print “Hello”
Interpreter
1001 1000 1100 1110 0011
Syntax Error
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How the compiler works
Original Source Code
Can be saved and
ran later
Pctoutput.isible = true
Pctoutput.print “Hello”
Object Code
Compiler
1001 1000 1100 1110 0011
1010 1010 1010 0111 0011
Syntax Error
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Summary
Compilers
translate source code once into
an executable program
Only has to be translated once!
Cannot see the source code in a compiled
program
Interpreters
line
translate source code line by
Always has to be re-interpreted
Spots errors line by line