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| From: | "Benjamin Johnston" <s355171@student.uq.edu.au> |
| Newsgroups: | comp.compilers |
| Date: | 25 Feb 2001 23:32:08 -0500 |
| Organization: | University of Queensland |
| References: | 01-02-119 01-02-126 |
| Keywords: | incremental |
| Posted-Date: | 25 Feb 2001 23:32:08 EST |
> For example, such databases are common and much more useful in
> languages like Smalltalk (where the source is stored in the database),
> Java (lots of IDEs with incremental compilation), Eiffel (also incrementally
> compiling).
I've had a general feel for what the word means... but I've never found an
exact definition or overview of how they work.
So, what exactly is an incremental compiler?
-Benjamin Johnston
s355171@student.uq.edu.au
[It's a compiler that adds code to the running program a piece at a time
rather than building the program all at once, the pieces can be as short
as a single line or as large as a routine. -John]
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