Topic talk:Compilers and language theory

When I got my computer science degree, "Compiler Design" was the CS course that partnered with "Automata and Formal Languages" in the math department. I took compiler design first only because it fit into my schedule that way but since scheduling isn't an issue, students should be encouraged to take the language theory course first. Dmclean 15:41, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I have a degree in CS too and a special grasp of this topic, so if anybody have questions we can start the thing. --Jorge 22:00, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Contribution reverted

The statement's not true: compilers are programs used to translate from a programming language (as Pascal) to a language understandable by the computer. The cause of the confusion may be that compilers are referred to as the programming language they translate, so a compiler from Pascal to x86 is called a Pascal compiler. --Jorge 15:42, 22 March 2007 (UTC)