Talk:List of compilers

message: although it doesn't convert C to machine code, it does convert C to Webassembly. should it be added as a C compiler?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:243:700:715A:6111:5210:269F:4267 (talk) 05:41, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Binaryen? 

message: I am going to "be bold" and convert this list into a comparison chart, in order to better organize the various details and make it more encyclopedic. VanishingUser 09:02, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Converting to chart 

message: Since compilers generate machine code for specific architectures, perhaps a set of target architectures should be in this table.  Of course this could get extremely long (i.e. does compiler X target variant Y of processor family Z?..if so which version of compiler X?). Majikaltrev 03:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  architectures instead of platform? 

message: I think there should be a column for C++ support, since there are more C compilers than C++ compilers, and C++ is more difficult to implement. Sanxiyn 09:28, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Am I missing something? There is already a table for "C Compilers". Why is the table for C++ not simply called "C++ Compilers" instead of "C/C++ compilers"?? It does only seem to contain C++ compilers... I will rename that table's caption. If anyone knows for sure that table contains also C-only compilers, please revert my edit...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.247.213.182 (talk) 18:32, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  C++ compilers 

message: Netbeans is an IDE, not a compiler, and why does the table say it doesn't run on unix-like systems?
Similarly, Solaris Studio and Solaris Studio Express are not compilers, they are IDEs. JonathanWakely (talk) 13:45, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Netbeans and Solaris Studio are not C++ compilers 

message: Is written "This page is dedicated to list all current compilers, compiler generators..."; but compiler generators is in List_of_parser_generators could be link --Borneq 07:58, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  compiler generators? 

message: For example, see Pascal Programming Language#Compilers and interpreters
--Tim32 08:41, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe we should make this a page of notable compilers?  Because pretty much every CS student who takes a compiler class writes a compiler.  I've written two compilers in the last several months myself — but I don't think they should be listed on Wikipedia! Kragen Javier Sitaker (talk) 06:16, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Many more compilers could be added 

message: It is an IDE for the MinGW compiler
This applies to Code::Blocks as well.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.213.55.23 (talk) 21:12, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  DevC++ is not a compiler 

message: best to remove it and merge it with GCC, since it's basically the same thing
"GCC (mingw on windows)" or something like that could be an appropriate name
also, neither of them feature an IDE, although there are many IDEs that support these compilers.
:No it isn't, there's also a mingw32 package for Linux (a win32 compiler) --80.174.59.86 (talk) 11:53, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  mingw is for windows only 

message: I do not know the correct section in which to list the orphaned article MathScriptor. (Also, it is uncategorized.) 
:-- Wavelength (talk) 16:14, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  MathScriptor 

message: DJGPP is a DOS port of gcc, and should follow the same conventions of mingw (i.e. merge it into gcc) or only have Other marked as yes, and Windows and Unix like marked as no. Also, I have not been able to find that DJGPP comes with an IDE, but instead, like GCC, is supported by multiple IDEs.
I'm going to change this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by FrederikHertzum (talk • contribs) 01:29, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  DJGPP is DOS only 

message: I seem to recall a code development applcation called Protoyper (I think for the Mac). Similar to Visual Studio, you drew the user interface with drag and drop tools, and it would generate the code with special comments seperating the sections where you would then add your own code. Anyone remember this and it's exact name? Jeffareid (talk) 06:04, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old compiler - code generator called Prototyper? 

message: I think that the “IDE” column is irrelevant. An IDE is usually not tied to a specific compiler, neither is a compiler tied to a specific IDE.
For example, Code::Blocks can be used with either MinGW or Visual C++, whereas MinGW can be used with both Dev-C++ and QtCreator.
Spidermario (talk) 11:12, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Completely agree. It seems like something planted by a shill to make it appear like an important feature. IDEs are an orthogonal subject and don't warrant a column at all. I motion to remove it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.9.176.129 (talk) 05:09, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The “IDE” column 

message: MinGW comes with a packaged GCC compiler. If MinGW is listed as a compiler here, one could just as well list other distributions. But nobody would seriously consider listing e.g. Linux distros like Debian, Red Hat or SuSE as compilers here.
I strongly suggest MinGW should just be removed. 91.105.129.177 (talk) 10:41, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: After checking the history and finding out that MinGW is just a leftover from a mistakenly introduced IDE (Dev-C++), I've just gone ahead and removed it. 91.105.129.177 (talk) 10:52, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  How is MinGW a compiler? 

message: Why is Eclipse listed as an IDE for the GCC, when there also many other IDE available. Either all should be list or none. The second way should be more desirable  --one-eyed pirate 19:54, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The IDE columns should be removed entirely in my opinion. There's another page that can be used to list IDEs.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.9.176.129 (talk) 05:11, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eclipse as an IDE 

message: Ideone is just a pastebin service that compiles the given c++ code with gcc.
See sites like codepad.org that do the same thing.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.159.220.234 (talk) 19:16, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ideone is not a compiler 

message: What exactly is this column supposed to mean?  I take it as "this compiler runs on a *nix OS - AT&T Unix(tm), Solaris, Linux, AIX, etc."  Is this right or is something else intended?
Also, I have updated the "other OS' column for PL/I compilers to identify the specific OSs, as I believe others have done in some cases. Peter Flass (talk) 13:03, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone needs to decide whether Mac OS X is a "Unix-like" or an "Other OS" and edit the tables accordingly! I'm looking particularly at the C compiler list. Personally, I'd put it under "Unix-like", but I suppose there could be some argument by people who are more rabid fanboys than me. Baratron (talk) 20:27, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unix-like? 

message: Under C++, CodeWarrior (Metrowerks) is listed as freeware. Is that really true? It used to be commercial - was a discontinued product released as freeware? --Mortense (talk) 20:58, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is CodeWarrior/C++ really freeware? 

message: I would like to add this section to the list of compilers. Please let me know if you see any reason this edit will not be successful and remain on the List of compilers Wikipedia Page. 
Thank you!
RichardMorris RCP (talk) 19:11, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: [[DIBOL]]/DBL compilers **Suggested Section

message: Any specific reason(s) why Forth is not on this list? I know a lot of Forth interpreters that are still being developed and can generate executables with their turnkey program generator functionality. A lot of current Forth systems today are also multi-platform (Win32/Linux/MacOS X).
I'd happily add all that I know to this list (from the top of my head: VFX Forth by MPE, SwiftForth by Forth Inc., iForth by Marcel Hendrix, GNU Forth, Win32Forth.....), but I want to be sure it was not excluded for a reason beforehand.
Also, on an unrelated note RealBasic recently renamed itself to xojo.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vvanderleun (talk • contribs) 17:53, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I also expect to see Forth on this list. Perhaps someone thought this article should only cover compilers, not interpreters. However -- since both (a) the article has now expanded to also cover interpreters, and (b) many Forth systems compile to machine language, although others are arguably only interpreters -- I see no reason to leave out Forth. --DavidCary (talk) 08:43, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

text: . I started the section List of compilers#Forth compilers and interpreters. (And I see someone else has previously updated the page to mention "Xojo (formerly REALbasic)".) --DavidCary (talk) 21:12, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forth ? 

message: The ActiveState ActivePerl distribution, dev kit, and I believe some versions of the MKS Toolkit have Perl compilers, called Perlc in the former case.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.64.60.226 (talk) 19:19, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Perl Compilers 

message: There are at least two of which I am aware, and they have been around for a while.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.64.60.226 (talk) 19:22, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rexx Compilers 

message: CPython compiler comes with the standard distributions; standard Windows file extension for compiled object/executable files is pyc  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.64.60.226 (talk) 19:25, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Python Compiler 

message: What about cc? The original/legacy C compiler? Should be at least some reference to this in this wiki entry. 195.212.29.89 (talk) 07:25, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  CC 

message: Maybe for each of the languages with multiple popular versions (eg Python 2.7 and 3.4, C90 and C99), we should add a column with which version the compiler is compatible up to. For example, TCC is not fully compatible with C99, but totally compatible with C90. Epic Wink (talk) 07:00, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Version compatibility column 

message: Visual C#, both paid and express, do not actualy contain the C# compiler (csc), the Framework does. It's also the same compiler that is now being open sourced (Roslyn).
Should these really all be listed on here as seperate?--Damon Ganto (talk) 08:54, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  C# compilers duplication 

message: Liogo
Lhogho  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.246.62.192 (talk) 21:38, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  LOGO compilers 

message: Batch compilers do not exists yet.
These "batch compilers" are more like a packer.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by TSnake41 (talk • contribs) 15:56, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Batch compiler ? 

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message: See http://pascaland.org/pascall.htm#SRC for more Pascal compilers.
I'm not sure whether we should put them all in the article though.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by ReneHSZ (talk • contribs) 15:10, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  More Pascal compilers 

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thread_title:  Linking to Arm webpages 

message: This article is a mess and difficult to read. I suggest do create a "list of compiler" article for each programming language. --IT-Compiler (talk) 02:19, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please divide the article by programming language 

message: Some of the forths listed are ans complient, while others are not.  I would recommend adding a column denoting what standard (if any) each forth complies to. Binarycat64 (talk) 15:09, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forth: add column for standard compliance 

message: The IBM Fortran H compiler is freely available. The later H extended compiler is licensed, and has many more features. Gah4 (talk) 21:29, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fortran H 

message: This article is far too ambitious to encompass all languages and all compilers.
It is bound to fail for being incomplete, and invites compiler writers to add their own compilers, however small the installed base is. The best I can think of is a list of one site per language that is recognized by the language users for being a maintained current overview. 2A02:A46A:7AD0:1:19BB:EB6B:59B5:7135 (talk) 14:23, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Far too ambitious 

message: A lot of companies are wondering why bother doing a proprietary compiler when they can just repackage LLVM. e.g. AMD C++ is just clang now. Intel's icc has been deprecated in favour of icx, which is just LLVM. 
Should we list such compilers separately, remove then as just being LLVM, note that they're vendor versions of LLVM? Have a separate list of deprecated/dead proprietary compilers? Something else? - David Gerard (talk) 10:58, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Note which are vendor versions of LLVM?