Computer Science GCSE
Error reporting and debugging
What Error reporting and debugging means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Error reporting and debugging
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Reference: OCR
A compiler reports all errors together after compilation, whereas an interpreter stops and reports the first error it encounters, making debugging easier.
Topics that use Error reporting and debugging
- Languages (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Compiler
- Execution speed versus development speed
- Hardware control and performance
- Human readability and maintainability
- Interpreter
- Portability across platforms
- Translator
- Abstraction from hardware
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