S7:E4 - What's a compiler? (Thorsten Ball)

So what exactly is a compiler? And how is it different from an interpreter? And do you even need to know any of this stuff as a developer? Thorsten Ball has all the answers. He's written two books on the topic and he gives us a newbie-friendly introduction to the world of compilers and interpreters. We've also got our fourth episode of Tales from the Command Line, where Scott tells us about the computer science professor who failed the entire class. Show Links Red Hat (sponsor) Linode (sponsor) Flatiron School (sponsor) Digital Ocean (sponsor) ECMAScript 6 Kathy Sierra