Re: else ladders practice

Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:

Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

On 25/11/2024 16:27, Keith Thompson wrote:

Bart, can you explain the difference between a C compiler and a C
implementation?  Or do you believe they're the same thing?  (Hint:
They're not.)

>
Well, I write language implementations, and I consider them largely
the same thing.
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So who's right?

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In comp.lang.c, the C standard is right.

Agreed, but the C standard doesn't define the word "compiler",
and uses it only in non-normative text (I searched N3096).

What I consider to be a "compiler" is the program or programs that
implement translation phases 1 through 7.  (The 8th and final phase
is linking.)

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