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There are, basically, two ways to implement a programming language: compile it or interpret it. Compilers are usually written for a single target machine; the GNU C compiler is a partial counter-example, containing, as it does, code generators for a number of target architectures (actually, the compiler has to be compiled for a specific target and it is only the full distribution that contains the complete set of code generators). Interpreters are thought to be slow but easy to port.
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(2006). Introduction. In: Virtual Machines. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-246-1_1
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