> single pass compiler with simple recursive-descent parser. > Maybe Delphi compiler works the same way. Delphi is indeed a single-pass compiler. It does not u

> single pass compiler with simple recursive-descent parser. > Maybe Delphi compiler works the same way. Delphi is indeed a single-pass compiler. It does not use a normal recursive-descent parser, but a hand-coded parser. Other than that, yes - the Delphi language today is still designed to be extremely efficient to parse and it compiles a million lines of code in seconds.