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When a novice is learning a new language, they will begin by translating a vocabulary word into their first language to understand its meaning and use it in a sentence. Compilers perform a similar ...

Meta Platforms Inc.’s artificial intelligence research team said today it’s open-sourcing a suite of robust AI models called the Meta Large Language Model Compiler. According to the researchers, it ...

The development landscape is ripe with new languages and improvements on existing ones. Mozilla’s Rust, Apple’s Swift, Kotlin from JetBrains, and the experimental Python variant Mojo (and many others) ...

If the big bottleneck in your Rust development workflow is compile time, there are at least five ways you can fix it.

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

Have you ever thought of writing your own compiler? There are a number of good reasons to do this. It's incredibly educational and can be useful. It can solve problems and produce abstractions that ...

In a previous blog post, we discussed the benefits of using automation to maximize the performance of a system. One use case I mentioned was compiler flag mining, and the fact that performance is ...