What is difference between phase and pass of compiler in tabular format?
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Pass in a Compiler:
A compiler is classified by the by the number of “passes".
Compiling is assembling information collected from different sources. In the initial stage, computers had limited memory to hold such a program to complete the job. Because of this, compilers were divided into smaller sub programs that did its partial job reading the source code.
It also performed analysis, transformations and translation tasks separately.
There are 2 types of compilers namely one-pass or multi-pass compilers
Phase in a compiler:
The term phase is about compiler construction.
In the initial stage, compilers were single, monolithic software written for the compilation of simple language. It does not work to translate complex and large source code of the language. Therefore, the compiler was divided into multiple phases.
One advantage of having different phases is that the development of the compiler can be assigned among a team of developers.
It improves the modularity and reusability. The phases can be replaced by improved ones and new phases can be added to the compiler.
Most compilers have at least two phases.
A compiler is classified by the by the number of “passes".
Compiling is assembling information collected from different sources. In the initial stage, computers had limited memory to hold such a program to complete the job. Because of this, compilers were divided into smaller sub programs that did its partial job reading the source code.
It also performed analysis, transformations and translation tasks separately.
There are 2 types of compilers namely one-pass or multi-pass compilers
Phase in a compiler:
The term phase is about compiler construction.
In the initial stage, compilers were single, monolithic software written for the compilation of simple language. It does not work to translate complex and large source code of the language. Therefore, the compiler was divided into multiple phases.
One advantage of having different phases is that the development of the compiler can be assigned among a team of developers.
It improves the modularity and reusability. The phases can be replaced by improved ones and new phases can be added to the compiler.
Most compilers have at least two phases.
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