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Some compilers just perform a fast simple-minded translation from high-level source code to low-level machine language, while other compilers may optionally take (much) longer to perform the compilation by trying to improve or optimise the resulting machine code.
Some compilers just perform a fast simple-minded translation from high-level source code to low-level machine language, while other compilers may optionally take (much) longer to perform the compilation by trying to improve or optimise the resulting machine code.
==History==
The first use of the term 'compiler', in relation to program translation, is credited to [[Grace Hopper]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.computerhistory.org/events/lectures/cobol_06121997/index.shtml
| title = The World's First COBOL Compilers
| accessdate = 2012-03-24}}</ref>
==Outline of the compilation process==
==Outline of the compilation process==