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From: reeder@reed.UUCP (Doug Reeder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Compiler Questions
Message-ID: <13667@reed.UUCP>
Date: 4 Dec 89 04:16:14 GMT
References: <7958.infoapple.net@pro-generic>
Reply-To: reeder@reed.UUCP (Doug Reeder)
Organization: Institute of Knowledge, Jinx
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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. The linker then makes the object
;code into a load module for stand alone operation. I had added 1 and 1 and
;gotten 2 for my conclusions on Orca/C, my mistake was that it was binary code
;and thus should have gotten 10 (clearing the carry bit beforehand of course!).

Some compilers, such as the Aardvaark Pascal compiler, compile directly to
machine code.  This usually is faster, but often produces bulkier code.
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