15 Dec
2006
15 Dec
'06
8:30 p.m.
Is it a *recent* development of compilers that as an
intermediate step the source code will first be
reduced to assembler mnemonics, before being reduced
to object code?
No, this is how many compilers traditionally worked it dates
back a long ways. All of my compilers generate assembly
language as an intermediate step. Some of mine date back
to mid- 80s, and I've worked with others before that which
used an assembly intermediate step.
Dave
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