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Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 12:10:00 -0800
To: covard@wco.com (Chris Ovard), "Chris Tamblyn" <chris@imn.net>,
blyth-alumni@nbn.com, smrrigney@aol.com, wiseman@ix.netcom.com,
leon_venter@blyth.com, scott_reimers@blyth.com
From: oddjob@nbn.com (Patrick Rigney)
Subject: Compiler definition
Sender: owner-blyth-alumni@nbn.com
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: blyth-alumni@nbn.com
[[forwards removed]]
Subject: Compiler definition
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.
I guess they believe that if they get the public to believe that it's
impossible to write bug-free software, then their software is made to
look more plausable.