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"Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> Object files do not contain machine code.
> * Shakes head in disbelief*
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_code. 

Where we read:

Almost all executable programs are written in higher-level languages,
and translated to executable machine code by a /compiler/ and linker.
(emphasis mine).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_file
An object file is a file containing relocatable format /machine code/ that
is usually not directly executable.
(emphasis mine)

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John Bokma                                                               j3b

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