C and Assembly in this case?

by "Compile" I mean the step in the compiler that translate the C Code into assembly. The details of how a C code is compiled is complex. There are a lot of steps.

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Jonathan Péclat
by "Compile" I mean the step in the compiler that ...

So there is only one type of compiler?

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Jonathan Péclat

Charlemagne Holdt
So there is only one type of compiler?

I don't understand the question. A compiler is a program that compile or "translate" if you like the code into assembly. There are many compilers on the market that you can use (for free). I think the most used is GCC for instance.

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Jonathan Péclat
I don't understand the question. A compiler is a p...

Ok, if this is how C code translates into machine language, C code -> [Compile] -> x86 assembly -> [Assemble] -> machine code How do you use compiler at the [Compile] part? And where do you download it from? Or once you download C language package(just like Python package), does compiler come with C package as well?

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Jonathan Péclat
I don't understand the question. A compiler is a p...

The latter statement, I see.

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Jonathan Péclat
I don't understand the question. A compiler is a p...

The latter statement, I see. So ther are many types of compilers.

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Jonathan Péclat

Charlemagne Holdt
Ok, if this is how C code translates into machine ...

Are you on windows or linux ?

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Jonathan Péclat
Are you on windows or linux ?

I’m on MacOS

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Jonathan Péclat

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Ok, if this is how C code translates into machine ...

to use the compiler part you can either call it directly like this in a terminal gcc -o program.bin main.c This will take the C code in main.c and compile it into an executable "program.bin". in fact unless you ask otherwise the compiler program does the [Assembly] part as well by default. Or if you don't want to invoke the compiler yourself you can use a Makefile. You can also use an IDE like XCode on MacOS to make it easier.

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Jonathan Péclat

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Ok, if this is how C code translates into machine ...

you can ask the compiler to stop and don't do the Assembly part like this if you are interrested to see the assembly code. gcc -S main.c

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Jonathan Péclat
to use the compiler part you can either call it di...

It looks like the work of compiler can only be done on Terminal?

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Nader Jafari

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I’m on MacOS

xcode bundles llvm/clang

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Jonathan Péclat · Accepted Answer

Jonathan Péclat

you can see assembly code as an middle step, between the C code and the machine code. but you don't usually write assembly code yourself, the compiler translate it for you. C code -> [Compile] -> x86 assembly -> [Assemble] -> machine code you can if you want write assembly code yourself, and event mix it with C code

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