2014.12.03 04:06
in old times compiler was a person
Originally, the term "compiler" referred to a person, not a program. In the early days of computing, a program was typically created by two people: an algorithm designer, who would come up with the algorithm and describe it in English on a piece of paper, and the other person, who would code this algorithm in machine language. Notice that this division of labor is still seen today in web design – one person designs the site in Photoshop, and another translates it into HTML. The one who converted the algorithm from its natural language description into machine code was called the compiler. Since misunderstandings often occurred with more complex algorithms and the compiler would encode something different from what the algorithm designer intended, languages began to emerge that were meant to precisely describe algorithms. At some point, someone thought of automating the compiler's job. Source: http://czterycztery.pl/blog/show.php?f=1417579607-EN
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