How do computers read code?

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  • čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
  • When you first learned to write code, you probably realized that computers don't really have any common sense. You need to tell a computer exactly what you want. But do you know about all the work the computer does to understand what you mean?
    0:00 Intro - Where You've Seen Compilers
    1:25 Source Code vs. Machine Code
    3:38 Translating Source Code to Machine Code
    9:05 How Compilers Make Things Easier
    10:39 Outro - The Story of Automation
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  • @burntpotatoes999
    @burntpotatoes999 Před 6 lety +16297

    Whoever writes the compilers are absolute beasts

    • @hausemester7386
      @hausemester7386 Před 5 lety +353

      nah compilers are simple

    • @immadmir
      @immadmir Před 5 lety +1313

      @@hausemester7386 Writing GCC, LLVM is indeed "rocket-science".

    • @MygenteTV
      @MygenteTV Před 5 lety +1649

      simple? where is your complier?@@hausemester7386

    • @MygenteTV
      @MygenteTV Před 5 lety +255

      @ well if you really did that then you are a genius

    • @Dennis19901
      @Dennis19901 Před 5 lety +288

      @@MygenteTV Nice logical fallacy.

  • @coffeedude
    @coffeedude Před 5 lety +2126

    "So our program is pretty boring right now, let's add a line to increment x by 1"
    Hold up dude, you can't go that fast to such levels of complexity

    • @mexicanlucky
      @mexicanlucky Před 4 lety +21

      hahaha holy shit im dyying

    • @yakinthebox
      @yakinthebox Před 4 lety +55

      not even X++;

    • @Norogoth
      @Norogoth Před 4 lety +5

      It was boring but now it is starting to get interesting baby.

    • @equenos
      @equenos Před 4 lety

      @@yakinthebox not even x = 4;

    • @yakinthebox
      @yakinthebox Před 4 lety +1

      @tutacat No

  • @Insignia_
    @Insignia_ Před rokem +1580

    Mad respect to all the engineers behind compilers.

    • @Maltebyte2
      @Maltebyte2 Před rokem +27

      IT feels almost like something they would find inside of a crashed alien ship! xD

    • @theowillis6870
      @theowillis6870 Před rokem +17

      its not that difficult really. once you build one, its really consistent.
      its a really fun project tbh.
      i built an interpter so.
      which is like a compiler with out the code gen.

    • @stinkyyy2k
      @stinkyyy2k Před rokem +30

      shout out to my boy terry, the mad fella actually made an entire os (temple OS) from scratch, running on its own language (Holy C)

    • @salutboss3008
      @salutboss3008 Před rokem +11

      @@stinkyyy2k yea terry was amazing RIP

    • @RenderingUser
      @RenderingUser Před rokem +21

      ​@@theowillis6870 that's not really the same as compiling.
      Also, while it's true that the basics of compiling is easy.....
      The sheer amount of optimising you have to do to make the compiler even remotely give a decently sized executable file is unreal
      That's why most people have their language compile into something like LLVM, for example

  • @janek4024
    @janek4024 Před rokem +104

    my man just quit after making the best video about compilers, what a legend

  • @theonionpirate1076
    @theonionpirate1076 Před 4 lety +4185

    I remember this quote from the programming classes I took while getting my EE degree. I don't remember who it was attributed to, but...
    "Computers always do what you tell them to do, and rarely what you want them to do."

    • @MauritsWilke
      @MauritsWilke Před 4 lety +407

      Thanks for that amazing quote!
      Ill share the one I liked:
      There are 10 types of people in the world,
      The ones that understand binary and those who don't

    • @theguywhodoes6790
      @theguywhodoes6790 Před 4 lety +57

      @@MauritsWilke you bitch

    • @pootzeketzi1233
      @pootzeketzi1233 Před 4 lety +3

      @@theguywhodoes6790?

    • @theguywhodoes6790
      @theguywhodoes6790 Před 4 lety +109

      @@pootzeketzi1233 he made a pun with binary

    • @isaaclaughton7591
      @isaaclaughton7591 Před 4 lety +3

      so true

  • @SergioEduP
    @SergioEduP Před 4 lety +1250

    When I started to learn how to write code years ago I was told "the computer is one of the dumbest machines, it only follows orders even if they are wrong", it really helped me shape my mind to understand the logic of many programs

    • @willd0g
      @willd0g Před 4 lety +4

      Agreed

    • @ybr8192
      @ybr8192 Před 4 lety +92

      Self aware AI will remember this

    • @onlyme0349
      @onlyme0349 Před 4 lety +48

      "it only follows orders even if they are wrong"
      humans don't?

    • @DamnBoii123
      @DamnBoii123 Před 3 lety +2

      M.L. and A.I. - Am I a joke to you 😂😂

    • @theshermantanker7043
      @theshermantanker7043 Před 3 lety

      @Nebula no, Human only use them for tedious tasks lmao

  • @ratulchakraborty7727
    @ratulchakraborty7727 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Bro...why did you stop bro 😭....please come back

  • @IAmNumber4000
    @IAmNumber4000 Před 2 lety +175

    How tf did humans figure out how to do this lmao

    • @TheInterestingInformer
      @TheInterestingInformer Před 2 měsíci +32

      100 billion people * 40 years of thinking = quite a bit of progress 😅

    • @tgsvampire
      @tgsvampire Před měsícem +6

      My brain is getting roasted in a corner thinking the same....While I just completed watching this video.

    • @tgsvampire
      @tgsvampire Před měsícem

      ​@@TheInterestingInformerThat's not really just, quite a bit of progress TBH...💀

    • @user-mf8nn3tl5w
      @user-mf8nn3tl5w Před měsícem +5

      It took us approximately 300K years to figure this out(since homo sapiens spawned 😂)

    • @johngeiger3770
      @johngeiger3770 Před měsícem

      Aliens 👽

  • @hamadmohammed7645
    @hamadmohammed7645 Před 4 lety +1643

    "Source code is made only to be understandable to humans"
    My brain cells: Ight imma head out

    • @ExtremusStupidus
      @ExtremusStupidus Před 4 lety

      lol

    • @half-qilin
      @half-qilin Před 4 lety +124

      Source code is sometimes only readable by its creator. I know my code falls victim to this

    • @atastypineapple9296
      @atastypineapple9296 Před 4 lety +53

      @@half-qilin exactly, reading people's code is a pain in a$$.

    • @KoolMonkE
      @KoolMonkE Před 4 lety +29

      @@half-qilin well, on the bright side it could be more difficult for hackers.

    • @ErrorNoInternet
      @ErrorNoInternet Před 4 lety +5

      Fortran: Hold my code

  • @momomi104
    @momomi104 Před 5 lety +3709

    In a push of a button...
    no.. nope.. wait.....
    -Programmer life story

    • @zucc4764
      @zucc4764 Před 5 lety +163

      A push of a button.
      *Realizes he actually runs Python 3 instead of Python 2*
      There we go. A push of a button.

    • @sublime_tv
      @sublime_tv Před 4 lety +150

      50 errors laters, there are now 60 errors...

    • @Hangyeol97
      @Hangyeol97 Před 4 lety +35

      @@sublime_tv SO TRUE

    • @manonthedollar
      @manonthedollar Před 4 lety +29

      I genuinely laughed out loud at that part, and I'm dead inside.

    • @liamtaylor3576
      @liamtaylor3576 Před 4 lety +23

      unexpected indent, syntax error, index out of range 😂

  • @dynpallomah5918
    @dynpallomah5918 Před rokem +75

    I remember watching this video a few years back and fascinated. Now I'm more than capable of creating my own programming language.

    • @rgloria40
      @rgloria40 Před 4 měsíci

      It's probably going to be exciting seeing the next generation jumping directly into Quantum Computing... I see a lot of confusion, flat lies and etc... but they will figure it out. what is possible, what is not and what is Politically Correct.

  • @sritimanadak3937
    @sritimanadak3937 Před měsícem +12

    Bro just casually dropped a banger and randomly vanished from CZcams 😢

  • @OonHan
    @OonHan Před 4 lety +991

    "How do computers read code?"
    _by running code_

    • @arithedotanewb9126
      @arithedotanewb9126 Před 4 lety +55

      Yeah.. I was expecting him to talk about transistors and what actually makes up a cpu. That's what reads it. I had to design one from scratch in one of my electrical eng classes

    • @johneygd
      @johneygd Před 4 lety +7

      Ever wondered how a computer compares to a human brain?

    • @GamerTheTurtle
      @GamerTheTurtle Před 4 lety +18

      ​@Chris Russell They aren't building simple circuits using Ohm's Law (not electricians), electrical engineers learn the why and how of circuits using fourier, vector, and complex analysis. They don't just learn circuitry either, the 'weed out' classes constitute three semesters of physics, and four of calculus (if you count differential equations), next comes electrodynamics, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, classical electromagnetics, the whole nine yards and more. It is extremely over the top conceptual and recognized as one of the harder engineering courses. So ya it's not just some piece of paper that the "HR people" give credence to. Electrical engineer is a set of tools used in almost any industry that uses electricity.

    • @GamerTheTurtle
      @GamerTheTurtle Před 4 lety +4

      @Chris Russell I like how you so pompously tout your knowledge of elastance but brush off thermo. This comment is absolutely sceaming at me that you fancy yourself some tragic savant, doomed to mediocrity by the system that lets youngsters with a an embossed plaque to go on to bigger and better things. Save your schtick buddy, you just sound haughty and maybe a little jealous, else why are you even giving this spiel in the first place but to call yourself a gifted little star.

    • @Luka-he5mr
      @Luka-he5mr Před 4 lety +1

      Can I throw some Lua in here?

  • @Cyber_One
    @Cyber_One Před 5 lety +1897

    When you know how computers work exactly, how the internet works and all that stuff, you get fascinated a lot.

    • @NikkiCRMP
      @NikkiCRMP Před 5 lety +151

      Opposite.
      Once you understand how it all works, it stops being "some magic".

    • @Cyber_One
      @Cyber_One Před 5 lety +261

      Nikki yes, I mean you get fascinated about how humans made this and you start appreciating technology

    • @randomthings5383
      @randomthings5383 Před 4 lety +33

      @@Cyber_One Which is why i hate the technology these days, we went from changing humanity to wifi salt shakers.

    • @randomthings5383
      @randomthings5383 Před 4 lety +4

      @Vseslav Levchenko prove me wrong

    • @randomthings5383
      @randomthings5383 Před 4 lety +3

      @Yann cedric Totsingan im 22yo and studying CS lol your guess was off by a lot

  • @pptide
    @pptide Před 3 lety +4

    Thank you for putting EVERY tool and programming language you used in the Description!!! Sometimes I'm so confused on which programms were used in a video!

  • @vadiks20032
    @vadiks20032 Před rokem +4

    the fact you explained it to us in such a detail just tells that you either had a very good experiecne with writing a compiler, or you had an experienced person check/write your text, or

  • @MSDOS128
    @MSDOS128 Před 5 lety +1304

    >Programming isn't so hard...
    *calls quit()*

    • @maybelbdidit
      @maybelbdidit Před 5 lety +33

      Python's is exit()... lol

    • @anteconfig5391
      @anteconfig5391 Před 4 lety +55

      @@maybelbdidit In python you could use:
      exit()
      quit()
      or if you import sys
      sys.exit()
      All these work.

    • @Miko-hw1ft
      @Miko-hw1ft Před 4 lety

      Lolz

    • @abbyboing
      @abbyboing Před 4 lety +66

      @@maybelbdidit Just try plugging out the power source. Works with every language.

    • @Sparkette
      @Sparkette Před 4 lety +1

      @Irritating Would have been funnier if there was a single frame with an error.

  • @quack3891
    @quack3891 Před 4 lety +439

    "What you've only done python scripting!?"
    *started on C++ and moved to java*
    *sweating bullets from dodging a bullet*

    • @glzr_io
      @glzr_io Před 4 lety +69

      you just dodged a bullet by jumping into a bigger and worse bullet

    • @rorymax
      @rorymax Před 4 lety +9

      i started on Java and am now learning C++ :D

    • @andrewdaniels5043
      @andrewdaniels5043 Před 4 lety +11

      @@glzr_io python's syntax sucks and is slow

    • @pepperoniboy57
      @pepperoniboy57 Před 4 lety +33

      @@andrewdaniels5043 no

    • @andrewdaniels5043
      @andrewdaniels5043 Před 4 lety +6

      @@pepperoniboy57 yeah lol Java is better

  • @Moe5Tavern
    @Moe5Tavern Před 4 měsíci +4

    This is an amazing video, you really have a gift for explaining complex matters in a clear way, shame this channel stopped uploading. Hope you are well!

  • @JonathanMandrake
    @JonathanMandrake Před 2 lety +57

    Honestly, the most interesting part was your description of how machine codd works. From the machine code to the output felt always like magic to me, and this starts to give meaning to what is really happening

  • @5up3rp3rs0n
    @5up3rp3rs0n Před 6 lety +878

    lol that python 2/3 joke at the end
    edit: didnt realize this is just released 18 minutes ago, nice

    • @bit2shift
      @bit2shift Před 6 lety +12

      Likewise the one at 1:08.

    • @_mipp
      @_mipp Před 6 lety +1

      Nice easter-egg

    • @xetera
      @xetera Před 6 lety +3

      Yatta Sovr That really doesnt have anything to do with the joke though.

    • @KingJellyfishII
      @KingJellyfishII Před 6 lety +1

      HAHA! I was just going to comment the same thing!
      That is why I still program in python 2

    • @alice_in_wonderland42
      @alice_in_wonderland42 Před 5 lety +3

      @@KingJellyfishII well you can convert python 3 to 2
      and 2 to 3

  • @tremon3688
    @tremon3688 Před 4 lety +747

    Imagine doing all the holes for old computer programs and then you realize you forgot a semicolon....

    • @TorutheRedFox
      @TorutheRedFox Před 3 lety +112

      you didn't need semicolons back then
      semicolons are just to allow the programmer to set the end of an instruction in a high level language rather than having the compiler rely on line breaks so you can break it up into multiple lines
      for binaries, semicolons leave basically nothing behind unless it's a lone semicolon, which compiles into a nop, which is the only exception

    • @gianmarcoproia5855
      @gianmarcoproia5855 Před 3 lety +39

      @@TorutheRedFox it's a joke duh

    • @TorutheRedFox
      @TorutheRedFox Před 3 lety +24

      @@gianmarcoproia5855 I know

    • @cosmic4297
      @cosmic4297 Před 3 lety +29

      Everybody: wow you write code that’s really hard
      Me: you should see the people who write compilers

    • @Luka-he5mr
      @Luka-he5mr Před 3 lety +18

      Everybody: What’s a compiler?
      Me: its a program that turns source code into machine code
      Everybody: whats source code and machine code?

  • @choicefive9761
    @choicefive9761 Před 2 lety +3

    This cleared so many of my doubts and made me take up computer engineering more passionately , thanks for changing my life

  • @jadedplover1851
    @jadedplover1851 Před 2 lety +189

    I think my university did it pretty well, first semester you take a class called "Computer Systems, Architecture, Networking and Security", and in that class you work with manually compiling written code to objects and then linking them in assembly then you also covert them to binary aswell, you also cover logic gates and in it some optimization compilers do to your code. It cover os architecture and network protocols and cryptography but I think it's important to understand object linking and compiling otherwise you'll get very confused when you start trying to use cmake and get 20 linking errora haha.

    • @robonator2945
      @robonator2945 Před rokem +33

      Jesus you must have gotten extremely lucky to have a CS track that was that exhaustive and explanatory, even sounds like it was using linux from the start too. I've been to a few different university CS courses and they've all been nothing like that. Maybe it's a culture thing but I WISH I got that sort of introduction to programming.

    • @kornelijussliubauskas8299
      @kornelijussliubauskas8299 Před rokem +4

      Where did you study?

    • @essayedgar
      @essayedgar Před rokem +2

      I’m also curious what uni you’re talking about as this sounds lovely for a 1st semester class

    • @jadedplover1851
      @jadedplover1851 Před rokem +10

      @@essayedgar Monash University in Melbourne, AUS. The unit itself isn't exhaustive in any of these topics by any means, however most of these topics are often fundamental to many career paths despite being overlooked in favour of more specialized practical work. But the relative broad coverage of many of these topics helps give a lot of context and elevates students' understanding of other units substantially. Often a lack of these fundamentals leads to elusive higher level problems the person is likely to struggle to identify and often results in trial and error learning of these concepts, or even worse where the student fails to learn these concepts completely which I see all too often result in zero-day security flaws in software they later release in their career.

    • @mridhulml3269
      @mridhulml3269 Před rokem +6

      damn lucky you..I'm doing btech CSE and all I got in first year was a lot of chemistry, physics, civil engineering and whatnot..literally wasted a year imo

  • @shybound7571
    @shybound7571 Před 4 lety +670

    CZcamsr: "you've only been using python!?"
    Me, who uses scratch: "uh, sure"

  • @exquisite7416
    @exquisite7416 Před 6 lety +520

    This video managed to take a complex idea and compile it down in a form understandable to our human brains. Funny that :)

    • @skorpius2029
      @skorpius2029 Před 5 lety +20

      @Niepowtarzalny Użytkownik "decompilation" of how compilers work

    • @johnpro2847
      @johnpro2847 Před 5 lety +4

      Maybe .. but it also presented more unanswered questions :(

    • @SomeYouTubeTraveler
      @SomeYouTubeTraveler Před rokem +5

      Me: "Computers work by doing magic."
      Frame of Essence: "Here's how they actually work."
      Me: "Computers work by doing 50x more magic than I thought they did."

    • @dianathomas2674
      @dianathomas2674 Před rokem

      Four years later this comment still deserves a like.

  • @DaVince21
    @DaVince21 Před 2 lety +4

    This video perfectly answers all of the questions I had as a teenager twenty years ago. All the way up to "but how would the first compiler be written?" Thank you for introducing others to these questions. 😄

  • @dianathomas2674
    @dianathomas2674 Před rokem +2

    I have been wondering about this for so long, not knowing was always a stone in my shoe, a disturbance in the force, it was. I knew the code had to be transferred into binary, but how?
    And, "Compiling the compiler with a previous version of itself", the sweetest poem I've heard in a long time.
    Thank you so much for this.

  • @viharcontractor1679
    @viharcontractor1679 Před 6 lety +744

    Instead of IDEs saying "EOS : End of expression expected at line : 40"
    They should just say "Add a semicolon at the end of line 40 ya dummy"
    Life would be easier this way.

    • @son_guhun
      @son_guhun Před 6 lety +191

      Well, eventually your human brain will learn to compile that error message into an instruction to add a semicolon somewhere xD

    • @ArchHeretic1
      @ArchHeretic1 Před 6 lety +61

      or just use a a decent modern IDE that will underscore that missing semi-colon. less wasted energy and time.

    • @macstevins
      @macstevins Před 6 lety +54

      Nor saying: "Semicolon Warning: Please put semicolon at the end of the line 40", or just adding a semicolon when running or the IDE finds the error. Dumb IDE Developers... Oh wait, I'm a IDE Developer.

    • @dennielluissadian5026
      @dennielluissadian5026 Před 5 lety +41

      And then python coders will be like, "what the f is the semicolon?"

    • @ArchHeretic1
      @ArchHeretic1 Před 5 lety +26

      @@spidercubed9718 notepad?! Pfft amateur. Real pros use punch cards

  • @DlcEnergy
    @DlcEnergy Před 5 lety +130

    Bootstrapping (pull yourself up by your bootstraps / an impossible action) is to compile a compiler from its own source.
    It's a chicken and egg situation. Which came first? The compiler? Or its self source? The compiler, born from another language.
    The first C++ compiler originated from C. (Bjarne used C to create a C with Classes preprocessor. He used his C with classes language extension to create Cfront. Cfront compiled his C++ language into C. And that's why C and C++ mix together.)
    The first C compiler originated from B. (B was first written for the PDP-7 minicomputer. (Programmed Data Processor) It evolved into NB (New B) to support the PDP-11. C was written in NB.)
    The first B compiler was written in TMG. (TransMoGrifier)
    The first TMG compiler was written in PDP-7 assembly language.
    Assembly is machine code made readable. (directly from the opcodes. (operation codes))
    Before Assembly, people would've likely used some form of custom assembly code on paper to translate into machine code.

    • @zeozeto5457
      @zeozeto5457 Před 4 lety +7

      Whoah, untold history, thanks now i can sleep in peace

    • @herrbonk3635
      @herrbonk3635 Před 4 lety +8

      It's not impossible though to write a compiler without using another high level language. Most early compilers and interpreters were written in assembly (for Fortran, Algol, Simula, Lisp, Basic, and so on). Some of them first wrote a simple compiler for a subset of the language in assembly and used it to compile a more advanced compiler (written in that subset, but implementing more of the language).

    • @DlcEnergy
      @DlcEnergy Před 4 lety +1

      ​@@herrbonk3635 of course, but it wouldn't be worth it. the compiler will do the same exact translation you program it to do. the only difference would be how fast those compilers are at doing that. i think we'd take slightly slower compilations, for more well managed and developed compilers. that's the whole reason for higher level languages to begin with. to make development easier and more time efficient. hence why AAA games are written in C/C++, not assembly. we don't need the utmost potential possible out of most stuff. we'd rather have the darn thing finished already. and better compilers means better compiled code.

    • @herrbonk3635
      @herrbonk3635 Před 4 lety

      @@DlcEnergy Hmm, I wasn't discussing efficiency here, but rather principles from an historical perspective. I was under the impression that you did too. However, you somehow seem to miss my point about that interesting middle way between assembly coded and self hosting compilers, using a subset of the HLL implemented. It has been used also for relatively "modern" (at least when you are 50+) languages like Pascal and Modula.
      I sure agree that compilation speed is much less important today, when everybody has "super computers" (in a very real mening, compared to the situation in the 1960s, or even the early 1990s). I personally love interpreted languages for their great flexiblity and security (checking array accesses, stack overflow, and so on).
      And my own design of a HLL language happens to be a pretty slow(!) compiler with some aspects of typical interpreters that I find useful. It produces quick and efficient code though. (All statements and their syntax are implemented as fully redefinable operator functions in this language, with pre-, post- or infix syntax, hence its relatively slow parsing speed.)

    • @DlcEnergy
      @DlcEnergy Před 4 lety

      @@herrbonk3635 That's why i'm bringing efficiency up. Obviously a lower level language can achieve the same. But there's a reason for higher level languages.

  • @lumbiniashutoshtambat5871
    @lumbiniashutoshtambat5871 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Feel like the best video I’ve ever seen on CZcams, nd trust me ive seen many. He-like a brilliant teacher-addresses all queries after inducing them in the righteous way! And gives an absolute flawless understanding, giving the complete picture. Also this is a topic giving the complete picture, nd the video has done justice to it! This was so much of a mystery to me, for which I cudnt find the explanation/solution anywhere for soo long!!!! Thankyou so much 🙏🙏

  • @tylerornelas9552
    @tylerornelas9552 Před 2 lety

    this is now, by far my favorite CS channel, good stuff!

  • @Neurofilia
    @Neurofilia Před 4 lety +565

    When I was teen (15 years ago), I was fascinated in programming. I remember spend a lot of hours on the computer trying to figure out how it works and why a code like "print("Hello world")" works in a machine level, but in that time internet didn't have this kind of videos (in fact, youtube was just beginning).
    Nowadays with this kind of videos it's really easy learning about everything and I am still fascinated with computer (but now approaching it from neuroscience) and your skills to transmit this information, however are awesome.
    Thanks a lot !

    • @Neurofilia
      @Neurofilia Před 3 lety +7

      @killmoo almost, I'm 29 😅

    • @xephobia795
      @xephobia795 Před 3 lety +2

      ouuch that was hard understanding things like puts() in c because it use the system c lib (libc/glibc/musl on linux and msvcrt on windows

    • @rithvikkona8922
      @rithvikkona8922 Před 3 lety

      it just show picture not found thingy

    • @thisisfaiaz
      @thisisfaiaz Před 3 lety +1

      @@Neurofilia right now I am 15 and learning this programming stuff

    • @Dennis19901
      @Dennis19901 Před rokem +1

      Even with rhe Internet it's still extrenely difficult to understand, if at all.
      Processors are insanely complicated nowadays including how they execute instructions

  • @swedneck
    @swedneck Před 6 lety +369

    This is a damn near perfect video

  • @rajesh_404
    @rajesh_404 Před rokem +1

    When I read about compilers, it all start with lexical analysis, parsing, tokens, etc. But, you just built up an intuition. I got what you gave. Thanks!

  • @christianriekert2908
    @christianriekert2908 Před 2 lety +3

    I wish you will come back any time.. this videos are filled with lots of information and are quite funny so I wanted to watch the entire channel on one evening .. well.. it’s 12:30AM and I’m still watching 😅
    Nice job!

  • @whythosenames
    @whythosenames Před 4 lety +122

    This is so mindblowing how this swaps the values, I have never seen this before:
    x = x + y;
    y = x - y;
    x = x - y;

    • @thegreatzoom5073
      @thegreatzoom5073 Před 3 lety +7

      So x and y are 0...?

    • @whythosenames
      @whythosenames Před 3 lety +33

      The Great Zoom no = in programming means "assignment". You assign the value on the right to the variable on the left. Even equations like x = x + 1 are possible. This would not work in mathematics for example, there = is a "comparison". In most programming languages comparison is defined as "==" which is not the same as "="

    • @TorutheRedFox
      @TorutheRedFox Před 3 lety +4

      this would immediately cause a compile error because Y is undefined when you're initially assigning X using Y

    • @whythosenames
      @whythosenames Před 3 lety +41

      @@TorutheRedFox yeah you have to define them otherwise the swapping would not even make sense

    • @ninesquared81
      @ninesquared81 Před 3 lety +14

      In Python, you could actually write it in one line as
      x, y = y, x
      which is a direct consequence of Python's unpacking. It is fundamentally different from the C-style approach though (as I understand it) because firstly, names in Python don't correspond directly to a location in memory and the y, x on the right is actually a tuple, more explicitly written as (y, x).

  • @pooja05rejoice
    @pooja05rejoice Před 5 lety +155

    This video should be the mandatory pre-requisite for any and every concept of computer Science henceforth :) Amazing , So Thankful for you

    • @anuragmishra3227
      @anuragmishra3227 Před 4 lety

      @@ithaca2076 means worship on Hindi.

    • @abcd123906
      @abcd123906 Před 4 lety +1

      I absolutely agree! And to think it's only 12 minutes long!!! Why is this not shown to everyone who is learning to code?!

    • @supreetkumar7604
      @supreetkumar7604 Před 4 lety

      @@abcd123906 This is on YT. So, they will co e to know that they can basically learn all sorts of things on internet. And? college gone broke.

  • @kanayocopy9876
    @kanayocopy9876 Před 3 lety +1

    This has to be the funniest and one of the most engaging explanations I have seen on CZcams😂😂

  • @ex-xg5hh
    @ex-xg5hh Před 2 lety +79

    Compilers aren't actually as complicated as people tend to think. They can be, and the industry grade ones like gcc really are, but the core idea is really simple. Most people who know programming can write one (not without extensive googling of course), no cs/math degree is required for that. I'm speaking from experience as I've written a few of these things myself back in high school. In fact, I believe that everyone who considers themself a programmer should write a compiler to properly understand how it actually works, as in, "I don't understand it if I can't do it myself".

    • @usrnewxnew5227
      @usrnewxnew5227 Před rokem +12

      Yeah, like from what I heard almost half of gcc is just the optimization passes where they pull off some freaky shit. The actual translation and ast isn't that complicated.

    • @snesmocha
      @snesmocha Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@usrnewxnew5227one quarter is parsing cause c++ is a very hard language to parse, the next is then optimization… witchcraft

    • @gesoocreesto6374
      @gesoocreesto6374 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @ex-xg5hh hope you're still acrive... may i ask what did you write in assembly? what was the purpose of the code? was it like some simple thing or a complex code like rollercoaster tycoon type of stuff

    • @mohammednajl5950
      @mohammednajl5950 Před 8 měsíci

      I remember writing a brainfuck compiler back when I was beginning C programming. It was fairly simple (brainfuck is literally designed to have a small compiler) but it helped me understand a bit about how compilers work.

    • @pixelstriko1642
      @pixelstriko1642 Před 8 měsíci

      Interpreters are probably easier to write tho since you can just run the code in the language of the interpreter instead of generating machine code

  • @hikerwolfspaine8200
    @hikerwolfspaine8200 Před 6 lety +26

    I was kind of lucky with my instructor. He's an old veteran who goes on rants of his experiences with writing in c and dealing with UNIX mainframes and talks a lot about all this underlying stuff which makes programs work.

  • @ranijoy7630
    @ranijoy7630 Před 3 lety +684

    I know you probably won't read this but still, I want to say this is my favourite computer science video on youtube. You explained things in such a clear manner and also not boring one bit. What's really special about your video is how you explain some of the concepts lecturers and others never teach. for eg the part where you talked about how compilers themselves are created.
    Thank You for the video

    • @kakyoindonut3213
      @kakyoindonut3213 Před 2 lety +7

      he hasn't posted anything for 4 fucking years, and your comment was like 1 year ago

    • @imibuks-replit
      @imibuks-replit Před 2 lety +5

      @@kakyoindonut3213 yeah. these videos are amazing but the channel is dead innit?

    • @kakyoindonut3213
      @kakyoindonut3213 Před 2 lety

      @@imibuks-replit maybe, 4 years is a really long time

    • @imibuks-replit
      @imibuks-replit Před 2 lety +2

      @@kakyoindonut3213 yeah... for a few months yeah but almost half a decade....

    • @shivamxtras
      @shivamxtras Před rokem +2

      I feel the same and I hope he gets back to CZcams again!!

  • @kartikeymishra5398
    @kartikeymishra5398 Před 2 lety

    I do genuinely appreciate.
    Your video quality. It's awesome man, Keep it up.

  • @tgsvampire
    @tgsvampire Před měsícem +1

    IDK how man, but this video suddenly popped on my face after may 2 years when I know a bit more about computers and programming and I am able to comprehend more of what is going in this video....
    And I just realiesed,
    This man is creating some real value dude....🔥

  • @minibun04
    @minibun04 Před 5 lety +53

    That ending 😂
    Pain of people who change from Py2 to py3

    • @half-qilin
      @half-qilin Před 4 lety +2

      I try to avoid Python, it’s complicated to figure out after learning other languages. I prefer C over Python.

    • @TorutheRedFox
      @TorutheRedFox Před 3 lety +1

      @@half-qilin Python is very inefficient too, and is only a scripting language, plus it also requires the user to have all of the required libraries and the same major Python release installed, while a binary only requires the user to have the same OS, and potentially a few dynamic libraries, which in the case of Windows and Visual C++ (which also tends to apply to C if you use functions included in VCPP DLLs), the user very likely has them anyways, and with Linux and macOS it tends to be a little more complicated at times, but things generally are more backwards compatible than Python

    • @half-qilin
      @half-qilin Před 3 lety

      @@TorutheRedFox I develop for MacOS or game consoles like the 3DS (when I’m not using Unity).
      I might consider using Java at some point, but IDK on that one.

    • @RaLo4
      @RaLo4 Před 3 lety +3

      ​@@half-qilin ​good job comparing a complied language to an interpreted language guys. it's not the case of different languages for different uses, it's definitely the case of one being better than the other. jeez better call all these research facilities and let them know they are using the wrong language.

  • @blerst7066
    @blerst7066 Před 4 lety +98

    As a language geek and conlanger, I'm so glad that I now know how compilers work. It inspires me.

    • @gdtutorial
      @gdtutorial Před rokem +2

      As an AI Language Model.....

  • @janek4024
    @janek4024 Před rokem +1

    i found this video, and than i went to check out the cccs. a week later, i am here now again to say thank u - this video is a really good complementation to the cc. this is insane and mind blowing.

  • @jiffylou98
    @jiffylou98 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Just got past the intro and somehow I'm subscribed. Presentation so good it's an automatic yes

  • @panoskotoulas759
    @panoskotoulas759 Před 4 lety +4

    Man please keep making videos. You are the only chanel that answered all my questions in such a clear way without being afraid to go into a bit of math. And your humor is awesome as well. You are literally the best computer science chanel I found, it would be a shame to stop making such awesome videos. Hope we hear from you soon.

  • @nikm2089
    @nikm2089 Před 3 lety +22

    I have always been fascinated with compilers and how they work ever since I started to teach myself to write code. I teach myself out of hobby and to use my brain since I'm a bit older. Awesome video.

  • @darrenlefcoe
    @darrenlefcoe Před měsícem

    one of the best videos i have seen . . . excellent work !

  • @Estrav.Krastvich
    @Estrav.Krastvich Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for such a creative and clear explanation of such tough things!

  • @arcsexpedition2406
    @arcsexpedition2406 Před 3 lety +27

    10:40 I was so excited when I heard this. That's the exact question I've been wondering ever since I learned about compilers! Thanks for clearing it up, keep up the great work!

  • @Nick-lx4fo
    @Nick-lx4fo Před 4 lety +50

    11:33 programming in a nutshell

    • @fisch37
      @fisch37 Před 2 lety

      When you accidentally mix up the programming languages (or versions in this case)
      (I once tried to print to Serial Out in Java. Didn't work for some reason)

  • @filipavieira8794
    @filipavieira8794 Před 2 lety +1

    This video is amazing! You explained everything in such an easy and fun way.

  • @EngMoGo2010
    @EngMoGo2010 Před 2 lety

    I love this video, I never get bored watching it over and over

  • @MrRolnicek
    @MrRolnicek Před 6 lety +336

    Oh god! The ending!
    I was eating goddammit!
    I nearly spat potato chips all over my keyboard!

    • @neilbalch
      @neilbalch Před 6 lety +3

      lololololol hope you learned your lesson! :)

    • @neeeeeck9005
      @neeeeeck9005 Před 6 lety +1

      I didnt get it please explain

    • @MrRolnicek
      @MrRolnicek Před 6 lety +12

      I mean ... I lived through this many times.
      The amazement at how simple Python is, just print "This" and it works!
      No wait, that's the old python, the new one needs brackets.

    • @bithon5242
      @bithon5242 Před 5 lety

      You should eat more healthy

    • @marcfoster715
      @marcfoster715 Před 5 lety +2

      @@potato_x69 Let's call the whole thing off

  • @badcholesterol
    @badcholesterol Před 3 lety +18

    "The difference between an amateur and a professional is you write your own compiler."

  • @mitchluscombe1071
    @mitchluscombe1071 Před 3 lety +36

    5:18 ah yes, finally some readable code

  • @georgiosrigas8094
    @georgiosrigas8094 Před 2 lety

    Excellent. The way you explain it is a gift you have. Thank you!

  • @jeremyrodriguez9815
    @jeremyrodriguez9815 Před 4 lety +7

    the best video ever seen in my life about programming. you've done a wonderful job.

  • @ultravidz
    @ultravidz Před 6 lety +623

    I wish I didn’t wait until I was 18 to learn programming. I could’ve learned this shit easily at the age of 10. I think most people could.

    • @reyariass
      @reyariass Před 6 lety +8

      AlphaOmega my thought exactly!

    • @MakinBacon0651
      @MakinBacon0651 Před 6 lety +73

      Well I did try when I was 12 and I was able to write HTML and CSS with ease but VB and C I just could not grasp. I stopped trying to program and stuck with the hardware side as a net admin and then later tried to pick up programming again. It does seam WAYYYYY easier than it was 18 years ago.

    • @ultravidz
      @ultravidz Před 6 lety +11

      I had a similar experience at 12, with html and css, mainly for building out my old myspace page. Regretfully I didn’t revisit the subject for years to come.

    • @TheNathanDrawdy
      @TheNathanDrawdy Před 6 lety +3

      Ya know, I am just a freshmen, and Java is quite nice to use. Not saying the same for JavaScript, but I am saying that about Java itself.

    • @RandumStuffRandumnes
      @RandumStuffRandumnes Před 6 lety +18

      I used to teach a programming class to 7-12 year olds. It's definitely a thing.

  • @courtneybulla4533
    @courtneybulla4533 Před 2 lety

    OMG YOUR VIDEOS ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST!!!!!!!! I’ve watched over 40 on this subject and never could understand it but now it feels like it clicked I understand it so well now 😆😆😆😆 Thankyou so much you’re a great teacher haha:)

  • @TheRayomine
    @TheRayomine Před 2 lety

    The best video on CZcams ever, really. It's awesome

  • @NinaTheLudaca
    @NinaTheLudaca Před 6 lety +13

    Beautiful video content and editing. Thank you for your efforts. ♥

  • @OldDogNewTrick
    @OldDogNewTrick Před 4 lety +17

    I first learned about all this 54 years ago. The knowledge served me well over the years.

  • @youcefkel4743
    @youcefkel4743 Před 2 lety

    your presentation is truly amazing dude . "showmanship"

  • @Xnoob545
    @Xnoob545 Před 2 lety +4

    Please come back

  • @shubhamshinde3593
    @shubhamshinde3593 Před 6 lety +63

    Damn, i thought this channel was over, I'm so happy he's back!!

  • @binmosa
    @binmosa Před 4 lety +44

    Psychologically, if students start learning assembly language first, then they're exposed to high level language, they would grasp the concepts like super quick.

    • @jaredvec5737
      @jaredvec5737 Před 2 lety +16

      That’s not really true it’s easier to learn high level stuff first, and then to go under the hood

    • @ggsap
      @ggsap Před 2 lety

      @@jaredvec5737 Yeah

    • @Changecangs
      @Changecangs Před 2 lety +12

      @@jaredvec5737 I think the best way to learn is to start low, but high enough, but not so high. That's why college usually starts with c/c++

    • @mk17173n
      @mk17173n Před 2 lety +1

      The thing about learning high level programming languages before lear ning things under the hood is that you dont understand why certain things dont make logical sense. For example why .1 +.2 is not equal to
      3. This has nothing to do with the high level language itself but rather how math works with binary language.

    • @calebgoodfellowcg
      @calebgoodfellowcg Před 2 lety +3

      Attrition would be way to high. There’s simply too many hurdles to learn low level and less intuitive languages for a beginner. Psychologically, it’s better to be able to start practicing very soon, like with python, rather than have to learn a ton before starting. I agree that starting from the bottom gives a better understanding, but I think beginners need to be able to have an easy way in. If you learn assembly or whatever first that’s good, but I don’t think it should be universal.

  • @aatifakhan1653
    @aatifakhan1653 Před 2 lety

    This video is so creative and understandable the deep part of how the program works
    JUST MINDBLOWING

  • @MrKyriotetes1
    @MrKyriotetes1 Před 2 lety

    This video is so nice to watch, love it.

  • @richarddoci
    @richarddoci Před 5 lety +53

    wow better than most classes I took in college hahaha

  • @Khaktos
    @Khaktos Před 6 lety +100

    Damn that ending... 3 > 2.7 :D

    • @renxula
      @renxula Před 6 lety +5

      I concur, Python is just the worst.

    • @syedanoorumar1419
      @syedanoorumar1419 Před 6 lety

      hahah same here.

    • @omertrnk5397
      @omertrnk5397 Před 5 lety

      @@renxula why

    • @tunis4
      @tunis4 Před 5 lety

      @@omertrnk5397 it makes no sense for me

    • @funnygeeks8126
      @funnygeeks8126 Před 5 lety

      @@tunis4 He's talking about python versions. The code `print "hello"` used to be correct in python version 2.7 but when python updated to version 3, they removed the feature.
      Although it's not as pretty, I agree with Python's decision to be more consistent with syntax. Another thing that changed was `/` being sometimes an integer devision and sometimes a float division (classic division like java), to `/` being only floating point division (true division).
      Now only `//` is used for integer division. (floor division)

  • @BorisNVM
    @BorisNVM Před 2 lety +1

    I loved this, this was so clarifying and it helped me out with to taking me through new programming skills. Thank u

  • @brian_kirk
    @brian_kirk Před 2 lety +1

    My day is going much better now that I've seen this video and understand compilers better ;) .. thank you for making this!

  • @sebastianelytron8450
    @sebastianelytron8450 Před 6 lety +705

    Part TedEd, part ViHart, part Exurb1a. Why so few subs?

    • @Niki_0001
      @Niki_0001 Před 6 lety +21

      The most likely explanation is that this is a fairly new channel.

    • @sebastianelytron8450
      @sebastianelytron8450 Před 6 lety +16

      More than 3 years fairly new? Look at Jake Paul......

    • @Niki_0001
      @Niki_0001 Před 6 lety +14

      Of course there are some exceptions, but most channels (especially the science-related ones) that are currently popular have been around for years, many have started all the way back in 2007 or so.
      Those exceptional channels grow so fast largely because they are being shared on other social media services, while most channels grow primarily through CZcams recommendations and the occasional reference in other channels' comment sections.

    • @Sam_on_YouTube
      @Sam_on_YouTube Před 6 lety +10

      It's because he posts very rarely. If be goes to once a week, the channel will get big fast.

    • @sharank
      @sharank Před 6 lety

      Because the frequency with which he puts out videos is very low, almost once a year. I would recommend watching other videos. The Quantum computing ones are just too good.

  • @KarmelAbufarha
    @KarmelAbufarha Před 4 lety +5

    For someone who has zero experience in programming and interested in the field. This video was incredible helpful in understanding the origins of code and made a lot of sense. I can see why there are only linux and it's many distributions as the only real alternative in operating systems. It would take a lot of work and know how to reinvent the wheel. Great video.

    • @petefrancisco3267
      @petefrancisco3267 Před 8 měsíci +1

      If you got zero experience about programming you wont understand what is being talked about in this video specially in the comments section!!!

  • @elixpo
    @elixpo Před rokem

    I think it's one of the best contents so far!

  • @eddybobea6709
    @eddybobea6709 Před 3 lety

    I like how Crash Course computer Science was mentioned, you are not mistaking dear sir, such as yourself they are very good at explaining.

  • @khalidsaad9452
    @khalidsaad9452 Před rokem +3

    high quality content thats taken for granted

  • @LunizIsGlacey
    @LunizIsGlacey Před 3 lety +17

    As a maths person and someone who's never done any coding, seeing "X = X + 1" pained me to read.

    • @rohanrajshrestha940
      @rohanrajshrestha940 Před 2 lety

      X-x = 1 0=1😂😂*just joking*

    • @fisch37
      @fisch37 Před 2 lety

      @Sam Erens The difference is basically that in mathematics every statement has to apply at the same time (unless specified otherwise) while in programming every statement only applies *once* (unless used multiple times [e.g. loops]).

    • @FilmscoreMetaler
      @FilmscoreMetaler Před 2 měsíci

      Yeah, it's more like a X(n+1) = X(n) +1 situation.

  • @abhiramreddy9234
    @abhiramreddy9234 Před 2 lety

    You spent a lot of time and efforts for this and added a pinch of sarcasm to it, you deserve a subscribe for sure, very well explained sir

  • @anpawo13
    @anpawo13 Před 6 měsíci

    great video, thanks for sharing your knowledge !

  • @samburnes9389
    @samburnes9389 Před 6 lety +3

    I just found this channel, it’s awesome!

  • @calcio437
    @calcio437 Před 3 lety +4

    New videos like this?

  • @gemmagemma9726
    @gemmagemma9726 Před rokem

    Clear and fluid presentation. Thanks a lot!

  • @bluehornet6752
    @bluehornet6752 Před 11 měsíci

    Brilliant video -- excellent work!

  • @ashismandal7776
    @ashismandal7776 Před 5 lety +49

    Just one word :
    Amazing!!!

  • @gbenga9811
    @gbenga9811 Před 5 lety +11

    I enjoyed watching this. Good sense of humour

  • @nicolastelfyr6792
    @nicolastelfyr6792 Před rokem

    Thank you for this beautiful video!

  • @advickv
    @advickv Před 2 lety

    First time I have seen a informative video in a while.

  • @shehab976
    @shehab976 Před 3 lety +3

    hats off to those who made compilers,struggeling behind the scene for making programming world so simple!

  • @FelipeMaffezzolli
    @FelipeMaffezzolli Před 5 lety +3

    Thank you! That's the content I've been looking for ...

  • @ammyvarela598
    @ammyvarela598 Před rokem

    This was one of the very few times I learnt while having fun! Thanks for this amazing lesson

  • @a.k1944
    @a.k1944 Před rokem

    The most important on CZcams for me. Thanks

  • @syntaxed2
    @syntaxed2 Před 3 lety +25

    Faster info: Compiler takes what you write and turns it into optimised assembly code -> object code -> links the objects etc etc and spits out a machine code executable.
    Also, some languages like Python, Java are interpreted at execution time thus making them slower.

    • @krejman
      @krejman Před 3 lety +2

      java is closer to being JITed than intepreted, same with C#

    • @TheDragShot
      @TheDragShot Před 2 lety

      Java source code is compiled to platform-agnostic bytecode, and then run in a virtual machine that will usually compile it to actual machine code on the fly nowadays, so dumping it alongside Python is just wrong. Python is a scripting language, while Java is not.
      It would be easier to compare Python to the likes of JavaScript and PHP since those are interpreted scripting languages too, although even those two languages have started to be used in tandem with Just-In-Time compilation in order to speed them up when needed.

  • @drlogiq1494
    @drlogiq1494 Před 5 lety +8

    10:30 caught me off guard but I LOVE IT!

  • @rafaelojeda
    @rafaelojeda Před 2 lety

    The quality of this video is top notch. Please make more :)

  • @glq-xz9de
    @glq-xz9de Před 9 měsíci

    among of best video about this topic. What
    a loss not seeing new videos on this computer system knowledge.