All compilers still process plain old unformatted text source files. Once upon a time that made a lot of sense. Punched cards and '60s-era printers could only manage fixed-font uppercase characters.

Applications that simulate real world physics or chemistry may contain millions of lines of code. These programs are written in high level languages such as FORTRAN or C and typically will have many ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Ludovic Henry explains how RISC-V's open ...

It’s a sad week for the computing industry. IBM reports (via the New York Times) that computing pioneer and company fellow Frances Allen died of Alzheimer’s on her birthday, August 4th, at the age of ...

Intel Compilers for C/C++ and Fortran empower developers to derive the greatest performance from applications and hardware. In this video, Igor Vorobtsov discusses nuances of Intel compiler features ...

Open source software has its problems when it's trying to keep up with proprietary software, but when it does what it's good at – creating ideas and developing them very quickly in public – it can be ...

Dropbox is one of the most popular desktop applications in the world: You can install it today on Windows, macOS, and some flavors of Linux. What you may not know is ...

Compilers are programs that convert computer code written in high-level languages intelligible to humans into low-level instructions executable by machines. But there's more than one way to implement ...

In this excerpt from his book “Write Great Code,” Randall Hyde introduces the common optimizations that compilers perform, and when a programmer should consider using or disabling them. Later chapters ...

Metaprogramming consists of programming a program. In other words, you lay out code that the programming system executes to generate new code that implements the functionality you really want. Usually ...