What is a compile?

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Compiling a single program involves several stages

$\begin{displaymath}preprocess -> compile -> link -> a.out\end{displaymath}$

Compiling multiple programs involves several stages for each C file do:

$\begin{displaymath}preprocess -> compile -> file.o \end{displaymath}$

finally do:

$\begin{displaymath}link -> a.out\end{displaymath}$

root 2004-03-15