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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
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- [[forwards removed]]
- Subject: Compiler definition
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- 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.
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