On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 01:22:15PM +0200, محمد سعد wrote: > Khaled so far i know compile is not transcription in machine code (bits) > that is called assemble or link > the word compile is used in a similar context when for exemple you talk about > a music CD compilation whih means you pile up songs and music from different > albums to make a new one..... > In the C programming language it is similar where compile means you gather a > set of source files and check for correct and uniquely defined variables, > procedures , functions etc.... > then yo assemble it and create binaries > nowadays this is done with a unique command like cc or gcc... > From wikipedia [1]: A compiler is a computer program (or set of programs) that _translates_ text written in a computer language (the source language) into another computer language (the target language). The original sequence is usually called the source code and the output called object code. ----- [1] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler] -- Khaled Hosny Egyptian GNU/Linux user Member of Arabeyes translation team [www.arabeyes.org] My Blog: [khalid_hosny.manalaa.net]
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