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Interpretation Techniques
Author(s) -
Klint Paul
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380110908
Subject(s) - interpretation (philosophy) , computer science , programming language , code (set theory) , abstract interpretation , set (abstract data type)
The relative merits of implementing high level programming languages by means of interpretation or compilation are discussed. The properties and the applicability of interpretation techniques known as classical interpretation, direct threaded code and indirect threaded code are described and compared.