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But then you could argue that the machine code emitted from the compiler is a design and the actual hardware that implements it is "building the software".
by someguydave 10y ago
But then you could argue that the machine code emitted from the compiler is a design and the actual hardware that implements it is "building the software".
- someguydave 10y agoBut then you could argue that the implementing transistor arrangement is a design and the actual movement of electrons that implements it is "building the software"
- TeMPOraL 10y agoWhat compiler does is equivalent to what a contractor does - building. The machine code emitted from the compiler is the building.
- igravious 10y agoNobody said that it was an exact analogy. :) All it needs to be is more exact than the previous (good, but not all that good) analogy.