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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Compiler Questions
Message-ID: <11719@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 1 Dec 89 01:39:36 GMT
References: <7958.infoapple.net@pro-generic>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <7958.infoapple.net@pro-generic> ericmcg@pro-generic.cts.COM (Eric Mcgillicuddy) writes:
>My understanding of compilers is that any compiler parses the language and
>builds either a p-code listing which is then interpreted to run or an assembly
>listing which is assembled to machine code.

Nope, in fact before UNIX it was rather unusual for a compiler to create
a file full of assembly language.  Most would directly generate object
code.