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These levels are learned by software engineers on introduction to compilers.

«A Compiler is a software that typically takes a high level language (Like C++ and Java) code as input and converts the input to a lower level language at once.»

«Assembler A translator from assembly language programs to machine language programs.

Compiler A translator from “high-level” language programs into programs in a lower-level language.

Transpiler A translator from high-level language programs into programs in a different high-level language.»

«The compiler is software that converts a program written in a high-level language (Source Language) to low-level language (Object/Target/Machine Language).»




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