Software Lessons Session 2: Computer Processing 101 – How Code Executes

Written By Ron Picard

Software Lessons Session 2: Computer Processing 101

  • CPU cores and caches

  • Parallel processing and threads

  • Deterministic vs stochastic systems

  • Compiled vs interpreted languages

  • JIT compilers and performance

Understand how CPUs execute code and the differences between compilers, interpreters, and JIT compilers.

Ron Picard
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