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title: "SU-CS143 APR012025"
source: https://www.jemoka.com/posts/kbhsu_cs143_apr012025/
date: 2025-04-01
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its compilers time!
digraph { rankdir=LR; graph [bgcolor=transparent]; node [fontcolor=white, color=white]; edge [fontcolor=white, color=white]; program -&gt; compiler -&gt; &#34;binary code&#34;; } a bit of history manual punch cards &mdash; slow to write
speedcoding 10-20 times slower than hand written assembly interpreter! &hellip;nobody used it
Fortran I John Backus
development time halved performance is close to hand-written assembly (80%!) Key automation: you had to manage the finite number of registers in hand-writing assembly, but Fortran would fix that for you.
