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There are compilers for the more common programming languages available on a wide variety of different computer architectures. This means that a program written in one of these languages may be ''portable'' and can often be used on any of the different machines just by using the appropriate compiler; note that there may be occasional problems with machine-dependencies, especially if there are substantial differences in the accuracy and size of numbers on the different machines.
There are compilers for the more common programming languages available on a wide variety of different computer architectures. This means that a program written in one of these languages may be ''portable'' and can often be used on any of the different machines just by using the appropriate compiler; note that there may be occasional problems with machine-dependencies, especially if there are substantial differences in the accuracy and size of numbers on the different machines.
When first written many programs contain errors. Some errors can be detected by the compiler while other errors might only be detected when a program is running. Some errors only occur under very specific circumstances and may never be detected.
When first written many programs contain errors. Some errors can be detected by the compiler while other errors might only be detected when a program is running.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.cs.bu.edu/teaching/cpp/debugging/errors/
| title = Compiler, Linker and Run-Time Errors
| author = Robert I. Pitts
| accessdate = 2012-04-02}}</ref> Some errors only occur under very specific circumstances and may never be detected.
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.