By H. H. Bottenbruch, A. A. Grau
Communications of the ACM,
July 1962,
Vol. 5 No. 7, Pages 384-386
10.1145/368273.368414
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A program which translates an algorithmic language such as ALGOL into the machine language of an electronic computer performs the following functions:
- Analysis. From the program in algorithmic language are determined the operations which the computer must perform in the execution of the target program and the logical interdependence of these.
- Optimization. Of the many possibilities for optimization that exist, two are pertinent to this note: (2a) the elimination of superfluous operations, and (2b) the execution at translation time of those operations which do not depend on results produced by the target program.
- Synthesis. The sequence of operations which arise from steps 1 and 2 is expressed in the language of the computer and placed into the target program.
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