college work - advise required

[xirokx]

I have an assignment on operating systems and needed a bit of guidance, how would you answer this question:

Distinguish compiling, interpretation and translation???

Is that even a question?

Its not suppose to be an essay literally 5 lines will do it..

But I am stuck as to how best answer the question I was thinking:

define compiling
define interpretation
define translation
state the differences..

what dya reckon?

please advise

cheers

 

[Voltar]

Well I think you've solved your own question there.

Say what they are and then how they are different to one another seems to be a good bet to me.
Or you could compare and contrast them if you have to write a lot.

 

[tntcoder]

It's a pretty poorly worded question.

Explain what the difference is between a compiler and an interpreter. e.g a compiler does all the work at compile time and produces low level executable code, where as an interpreter compiles stuff on the fly at run time. C = compiled language, python = interpreted language. Plenty of information available if you do research on these topics.

Dunno what is meant by translation though, not really a clear term in comparison to the other two, possibly porting one language to another...?

 

[xirokx]

i believe its a translator not just translation

I thought it was not properly phrased by the teacher, the question on the hole that is, however did not want to put his nose out of joint...

thanks for agreeing on both parts..

ta