compiler

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Edward Mathers worked as a crossword compiler for The Observer newspaper under the pseudonym Torquemada.

From Scientific American

He joined the growing computer research team at Carnegie Mellon, working on programming architecture such as compilers, which “translate” source code into specific functions.

From Washington Post

There, he worked on computer architecture and programming languages, particularly compilers, which translate programs written in so-called “high level” languages, like today’s Java or C++, into steps a computer can execute.

From New York Times

A compiler turns code into ones and zeros so a chip can read them.

From Reuters

“I would prefer it if the textbook compilers and the anthologists would assume that I had written a few other poems.”

From New York Times