我想更好地理解其中的区别。我在网上找到了很多解释,但它们都倾向于抽象的差异,而不是实际的含义。
Most of my programming experiences has been with CPython (dynamic, interpreted), and Java (static, compiled). However, I understand that there are other kinds of interpreted and compiled languages. Aside from the fact that executable files can be distributed from programs written in compiled languages, are there any advantages/disadvantages to each type? Oftentimes, I hear people arguing that interpreted languages can be used interactively, but I believe that compiled languages can have interactive implementations as well, correct?
我猜这是计算机科学中最大的误解之一。
因为解释和编译是完全不同的两件事,我们不能用这种方式进行比较。
编译是将一种语言翻译成另一种语言的过程。编译的类型很少。
编译-将高级语言转换为机器/字节代码(例如:C/ c++ /Java)
翻译——将高级语言翻译成另一种高级语言(例如:TypeScript)
解释是实际执行程序的过程。这可能以几种不同的方式发生。
Machine level interpretation - This interpretation happens to the code which is compiled into machine code. Instructions are directly interpreted by the processor. Programming languages like C/C++ generate machine code, which is executable by the processor. So the processor can directly execute these instructions.
Virtual machine level interpretation - This interpretation happens to the code which is not compiled into the machine level (processor support) code, but into some intermediate-level code. This execution is done by another software, which is executed by the processor. At this time actually processor doesn't see our application. It just executing the virtual machine, which is executing our application. Programming languages like Java, Python, C# generate a byte code, which is executable by the virtual interpreter/machine.
所以在一天结束的时候,我们必须明白的是,世界上所有的编程语言都应该在某个时候进行解释。它可以由处理器(硬件)或虚拟机完成。
编译只是将我们编写的人类可理解的高级代码带到机器可理解的硬件/软件级别的过程。
这是完全不同的两件事,我们无法比较。但是这些术语非常适合教给初学者编程语言是如何工作的。
PS:
Some programming languages like Java have a hybrid approach to do this. First, compile the high-level code into byte code which is virtual-machine readable. And on the fly, a component called the JIT compiler compiles byte-code into machine code. Specifically, code lines that are executed again and again many times are get translated into the machine language, which makes the interpretation process much faster. Because hardware processor is always much faster than virtual interpreter/processor.
Java JIT编译器如何工作
编译语言是这样一种语言:程序一旦编译,就用目标机器的指令来表达。例如,源代码中的加法“+”操作可以直接转换为机器代码中的“ADD”指令。
解释型语言是指指令不直接由目标机器执行,而是由其他程序(通常用本机语言编写)读取和执行的语言。例如,相同的“+”操作将在运行时被解释器识别,然后调用它自己的“add(a,b)”函数,并使用适当的参数,然后执行机器代码“add”指令。
你可以在编译语言中做你在解释语言中可以做的任何事情,反之亦然——它们都是图灵完备的。然而,这两种方法在实施和使用方面都有优点和缺点。
我将完全概括(纯粹主义者原谅我!),但大致来说,以下是编译语言的优点:
通过直接使用目标计算机的本机代码获得更快的性能
有机会在编译阶段应用相当强大的优化
下面是解释型语言的优点:
更容易实现(编写好的编译器非常困难!!)
不需要运行编译阶段:可以直接“动态”执行代码
是否可以更方便地使用动态语言
注意,字节码编译等现代技术增加了一些额外的复杂性——这里发生的情况是,编译器的目标是一个与底层硬件不同的“虚拟机”。这些虚拟机指令可以在稍后阶段再次编译,以获得本机代码(例如,由Java JVM JIT编译器完成)。
极端和简单的情况:
A compiler will produce a binary executable in the target machine's native executable format. This binary file contains all required resources except for system libraries; it's ready to run with no further preparation and processing and it runs like lightning because the code is the native code for the CPU on the target machine.
An interpreter will present the user with a prompt in a loop where he can enter statements or code, and upon hitting RUN or the equivalent the interpreter will examine, scan, parse and interpretatively execute each line until the program runs to a stopping point or an error. Because each line is treated on its own and the interpreter doesn't "learn" anything from having seen the line before, the effort of converting human-readable language to machine instructions is incurred every time for every line, so it's dog slow. On the bright side, the user can inspect and otherwise interact with his program in all kinds of ways: Changing variables, changing code, running in trace or debug modes... whatever.
说完了这些,让我来解释一下,生活不再那么简单了。例如,
Many interpreters will pre-compile the code they're given so the translation step doesn't have to be repeated again and again.
Some compilers compile not to CPU-specific machine instructions but to bytecode, a kind of artificial machine code for a ficticious machine. This makes the compiled program a bit more portable, but requires a bytecode interpreter on every target system.
The bytecode interpreters (I'm looking at Java here) recently tend to re-compile the bytecode they get for the CPU of the target section just before execution (called JIT). To save time, this is often only done for code that runs often (hotspots).
Some systems that look and act like interpreters (Clojure, for instance) compile any code they get, immediately, but allow interactive access to the program's environment. That's basically the convenience of interpreters with the speed of binary compilation.
Some compilers don't really compile, they just pre-digest and compress code. I heard a while back that's how Perl works. So sometimes the compiler is just doing a bit of the work and most of it is still interpretation.
最后,现在,解释和编译是一种权衡,花费(一次)编译的时间通常会获得更好的运行时性能,但解释环境提供了更多的交互机会。编译与解释主要是“理解”程序的工作如何在不同的过程之间划分的问题,而如今,由于语言和产品试图提供两者的最佳服务,这条界线有点模糊。
我猜这是计算机科学中最大的误解之一。
因为解释和编译是完全不同的两件事,我们不能用这种方式进行比较。
编译是将一种语言翻译成另一种语言的过程。编译的类型很少。
编译-将高级语言转换为机器/字节代码(例如:C/ c++ /Java)
翻译——将高级语言翻译成另一种高级语言(例如:TypeScript)
解释是实际执行程序的过程。这可能以几种不同的方式发生。
Machine level interpretation - This interpretation happens to the code which is compiled into machine code. Instructions are directly interpreted by the processor. Programming languages like C/C++ generate machine code, which is executable by the processor. So the processor can directly execute these instructions.
Virtual machine level interpretation - This interpretation happens to the code which is not compiled into the machine level (processor support) code, but into some intermediate-level code. This execution is done by another software, which is executed by the processor. At this time actually processor doesn't see our application. It just executing the virtual machine, which is executing our application. Programming languages like Java, Python, C# generate a byte code, which is executable by the virtual interpreter/machine.
所以在一天结束的时候,我们必须明白的是,世界上所有的编程语言都应该在某个时候进行解释。它可以由处理器(硬件)或虚拟机完成。
编译只是将我们编写的人类可理解的高级代码带到机器可理解的硬件/软件级别的过程。
这是完全不同的两件事,我们无法比较。但是这些术语非常适合教给初学者编程语言是如何工作的。
PS:
Some programming languages like Java have a hybrid approach to do this. First, compile the high-level code into byte code which is virtual-machine readable. And on the fly, a component called the JIT compiler compiles byte-code into machine code. Specifically, code lines that are executed again and again many times are get translated into the machine language, which makes the interpretation process much faster. Because hardware processor is always much faster than virtual interpreter/processor.
Java JIT编译器如何工作