A compiler is a computer program that translates from one format to another, most often from a high-level computer language to byte code and machine code.

The options for making this happen have expanded quite a bit lately and one possibility is Cheerp, an open-source compiler that handles up to C++ 17 and can output to WebAssembly, JavaScript, or ...

How Rust went from a side project to the world’s most-loved programming language For decades, coders wrote critical systems in C and C++. Now they turn to Rust.

C++ coming back into the mainstream with more specs, more often Visual Studio 2012 standard conformance updates on the way.

Developers: Programming language C++ is about to get this huge update A core programming language for Google and Microsoft has been approved to move ahead.

The programming language C++ will turn 38 years old in 2023, yet remains highly popular, having recently been recognized as the fastest growing programming language since the Covid-19 pandemic ...

Zapcc, a caching C++ compiler built for speed, has gone open source. Ceemple Software, Zapcc’s builder, claims the compiler offers dramatic improvements in both incremental and full builds ...

Broader compiler support is driving a resurgence in interest in the nearly 35-year-old C++ programming language, which replaces Python in Tiobe's top 3.

The Palo Alto giant's browser will be ditching Microsoft's native C++ compiler in favour of Clang in order to maintain parity with other platforms like macOS and Linux, where Clang is already used.

As reported by Ars Technica, the company has switched Chrome's Windows compiler from Microsoft's Visual Studio C++ compiler to Clang, an open-source alternative.