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To [[build]] an executable program from source code, you have to compile and link it. Compilation is translating the source code into machine language, linking is adding functionality from libraries like drawing a circle, writing or printing text.
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Revision as of 17:28, 31 December 2010

To build an executable program from source code, you have to compile and link it. Compilation is translating the source code into machine language, linking is adding functionality from libraries like drawing a circle, writing or printing text.

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