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  • noun Plural form of compiler.

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Examples

  • For those interested in compilers — as I am — TCC is certainly worth a look.

    Reflective Surface - Archives: 2003 May 2003

  • For those interested in compilers — as I am — TCC is certainly worth a look.

    Reflective Surface - Tiny C Compiler 2003

  • Work on the hardware design and on compilers is mentioned.

    Oral history interview with Friedrich L. Bauer 1987

  • - Intel must now tell customers that its "compilers" - which are used in software development - aren't in fact objective and are biased toward Intel's chips.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

  • The first of the great crossword compilers called himself Torquemada, the second Ximenes – each taking his name from an agent of the inquisition.

    In praise of … Araucaria | Editorial 2011

  • I don't recall their compilers and tools ever being more than mediocre.

    Slashdot 2010

  • Mullet, but until then, let's leave the wordplay to crossword compilers and spend more thought on staff training and customer service.

    This is Money | Home 2010

  • In order to semantically interpret an expression compilers need symbols to bind to.

    Site Home 2010

  • The tools needed to turn human-written source code into machine-executable programs are called compilers or interpreters.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • The tools needed to turn human-written source code into machine-executable programs are called compilers or interpreters.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

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