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1. stackoverflow.com › questions › 845355gcc - Do programming language compilers first translate to ...

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   May 10, 2009 · gcc actually produces assembler and assembles it using the as assembler. Not all compilers do this - the MS compilers produce object code directly, though you can make them generate assembler output. Translating assembler to object code is a pretty simple process, at least compared with C→Assembly or C→Machine-code translation.

2. cs.stackexchange.com › questions › 14749Why do compilers produce assembly code? - Computer Science ...

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   Aug 5, 2019 · A compiler does usually convert high-level code directly to machine language, but it can be built in a modular way so that one back-end emits machine code and the other assembly code (like GCC). The code generation phase produces "code" which is some internal representation of machine code, which then has to be converted to a usable format like machine language or assembly code.

3. www.reddit.com › r › ProgrammingLanguagesIf all compiled languages compile to machine code then why ...

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   Even different compilers for the same language can produce different machine code. One compiler might use different tricks and strategies to try and produce the "optimal machine code". We've moved far past the point where the code of a language is just 1-1 shortcuts for machine code. An analogy could be made to music. Take two songwriters.

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   Actually there are 3 ways that the code you write is translated to machine code. The very first approach is to translate the entire source program and create the machine code that understandable by the computer. This is the conventional compiler approach. The entire source code is compiled into machine code.

5. softwareengineering.stackexchange.com › questionsWhy do some compilers generate direct machine code?

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   Notice that some compilers are indeed generating directly machine code, and some of them are even generating machine code in the same process that is running the compiler (a typical example of that last case is the SBCL implementation of Common Lisp: every time you interactively type some expression in its REPL, it is getting translated to ...

6. softwareengineering.stackexchange.com › questionsHow does a compiler work when it's not directly compiling to ...

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   Not all compilers produce "machine code" (except for the trivial interpretation that all code in some language is machine code for an abstract machine induced by that language). For example, lots of compilers produce ECMAScript source code: CoffeeScript, TypeScript, PureScript, Elm, Opal, GWT, Emscripten, Babel, Clozure, Scala.js, Kotlin, Clue.

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   Does a compiler produce machine code?

   • Compilers that produce native machine code do produce the appropriate assembly language that is then assembled into machine code. That is normally done in a single step, but some compilers, like GCC, can output the intermediate assembly as well.

   Are all programs eventually converted to assembly instructions?

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   What is the difference between a compiler and a machine?

   • Compilers translate source code into assembly code, which is a human-readable version of machine code. However, the correct assembly or machine code needed to make a program run depends on the operating system.

   Does the compiler actually produce Machine Code?

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   Can a compiler read a source code?

   • I've been reading that in most cases (like gcc) the compiler reads the source code in a high level language and produces the corresponding machine code. Machine code, by definition, is the code that a processor can understand directly. However, it's a common misconception that machine code should be only machine (processor) dependent and OS independent. But this is not the case.

   Does the compiler actually produce Machine Code?

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   Can a compiler run a program on a processor?

   • So to run a program on a processor at some point it has to be converted into the machine code for that processor and then the processor can handle it. Various languages and tools do it various ways. It is not required for a compiler to compile from the high level language to assembly language, but it is convenient.

   Are all programs eventually converted to assembly instructions?

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   Is assembler a compiler?

   • If a compiler directly converts code to binary code, by definition, it will be called assembler and not a compiler. It is more appropriate to say that a compiler uses INTERMEDIATE CODE which may or may not be assembly language e.g. Java uses byte code as intermediate code and byte code is assembler for java virtual machine (JVM).

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   Which C/C++ compiler produces machine code directly?

   • clang/LLVM, MSVC, and ICC all produce machine code directly. GCC is the exception, not the rule, among mainstream C/C++ compilers, at least for x86. These days, many compilers are implemented as front-ends for LLVM. @PeterCordes please notice the date on my answer. The world has changed!

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8. www.infoworld.com › article › 2337838What is a compiler? How source code becomes machine code

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   Jan 20, 2023 · Compilers often translate source code for a high-level language, such as C++, to object code for the current computer architecture, such as Intel x64. The object modules produced from multiple ...