"compile" vs. "tokenize" (was Re: Password Problem)

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 10:30:50PM -0400, Bill Vermillion wrote:
> > I would consider it a true compiler if it generates machine
> > code for either the current OS or for the target platform of a
> > cross-compile. Machine code being the operative words.
> 
> That's not a standard definition. You will find many definitions
> for compiler, and some call will define a compiler as a program
> that takes a higher level language and translastes that to
> assembly code.

Amusingly enough -- for as often as I disagree with Ken on hairy
technical issues -- I must come down on his side.  As much as Pascal
sucks, the programs that handle it's source code are in fact called
compilers.

'Compiled' filePro does in fact expect a lot more infrastructure than
compiled Pascal, but...

Cheers,
-- jra
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