Published by Mircea on 25 Jun 2004 at 09:21 am
What is a compiler
A topic on the ArchLinux forums caught my attention today…
A compiler literally compiles a list of machine code instructions,
the object code, based on the source code. The resulting object code
is a ready-to-run program that is very fast, but which may crash the
computer.
– “Programming Language,” Microsoft Encarta 96 Encyclopedia.
Is that true? 
Maybe in the Microsoft world… as one of the ArchLinux users said there…
Here’s a more adequate definition.
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