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Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)
- Subject: Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)
- From: pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 07:28:17 +0000 (UTC)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, rec.games.video.classic, comp.os.cpm
- Organization: Svensk Amat|rAstronomisk F|rening
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In article <4LKLa.331$Sk.165@fe02.atl2.webusenet.com>,
Randy McLaughlin <randy@nospam.com> wrote:
> "wildstar" <wildstar128@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns93A998E84BE02wildstar128hotmailco@216.168.3.44...
> <snip>
>> Ultimately, I think the test will only be to determine if a digital file
>> is a just a data file or a computer program. Anyway, this can be rather
>> determined but can be very tricky. Even some data files may inadvertantly
>> be a full functioning computer program. Just a case of chance.
>
> This is another dead horse: Machine language programs running on an
> emulator are programs. A C program is a text file that is compiled into an
> asm object file(also a text file), that is then assembled into a binary
> object file,
Traditionally, C compilers were implemented such that asm source text
was an intermediate step in the compilation process. However, that
step is nowadays often skipped, and compilers usually output binary
object code directly.
> that may be linked into another binary file. All of these
> files are programs (yes, even the text files).
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