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Source code is also the mixing & prep. Compiling is just the heat of the oven in the metaphor.
by whateveracct 5y ago
Source code is also the mixing & prep. Compiling is just the heat of the oven in the metaphor.
- jfrunyon 5y agoThe mixing & prep already begin to change the substance of the ingredients, just like 'compiling' is in fact usually multiple steps which all change the substance (for example, preprocessor=cutting, compiler=mixing, assembler=baking, linker=cooling)