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What happens when loops are compiled or interpreted?

I have came across a concept in recursion which says that when loops are compiled or interpreted then they get converted to recursive functions. If it is true how it takes place ?
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Is loop unrolling one of the examples of "targeted" compilation and faster instruction set?

I'm taking the Computer Architecture course in my undergraduate study. I see that in loop unrolling, one of the constraints is the number of available registers. Since the number of registers ...
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Do some built-in functions loop behind the scenes?

I mostly code in C# & VB, but I think this question is pretty universal. I try to limit loops to increase performance. For instance, string functions that split the string into an array, or do a ...
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Loop Unfolding and Named Significant Bits

I've been writing a Parser Compiler for the last seven or so years, and I recently got to the point (yet again, never satisfied) of structuring the portion dealing with the portions of the language ...
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Use functions inside a loop declaration

What's the best practice? This : for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) { //stuff } Or, what I usually do : $count = count($array); for($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) { //stuff } Is it the same ...
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