GCC GUI???
Bill McEnaney
bill@rkirkpat.net
Tue Dec 28 16:46:00 GMT 2010
David Brown wrote:
> First, you have to understand what a compiler actually is. It is a
> program that takes C source code, and generates machine-executable
> object code. There is no such thing as a "gui" compiler, or
> "windows-style" compiler - compilers are by their nature command-line
> programs. They are run with various options, read some files in, and
> write files out. There is no need nor use of a gui here, and no serious
> compiler attempts to have such a windowed or graphics interface.
Please correct me if I'm wrong when I think that gcc's C compiler generates assembly language
program that as, the assembler, translates in machine language. Thanks.
Cheers,
Bill
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