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Who's Afraid Of Compilers?

Compiler

CHAPTER

The Difference Between Interpreter and Compiler

Johannes Torsen explains the difference between an interpreter and a compiler. Compilers translate high level source code to low level machine code that computers can understand. Rust's LLVM IR turns MIR into lower level virtual machinecode, which is then optimized for use by other compilers such as C/C++.

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