Re: C++ source code compilation

From	"Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: C++ source code compilation
Date	2011-12-10 15:24 +0000
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"Tobias Müller" <troplin@bluewin.ch> wrote in message 
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> "Paul" <pchrist<nospam> wrote:
>> My definition of machine code is code that runs on a machine.
>> An object file, that requires further translation before being read by a
>> machine, is not machine code.
>> How can you call something machine code when it's not code that can be 
>> run
>> on a machine?
>>
>> I think you are pretty stupid if you can't understand this. Once again 
>> you
>> persist that because the file contains some machine intructions it IS
>> machine code, which is utterly incorrect.
>
> So you and Leigh have just a different opinion what the term "code" means:
> Leigh: a sequence of instructions
> Paul: a file containing instructions
>
> Is that really worth such a
>

No thats incorrect, I think code is a sequence of instructions. But you can 
also have a code file, which contains a sequence of intructions.
In this discussion we are talking about a file , which is output from a 
compiler , and that file is not in the correct format to be read by a 
machine. To call the object file, at this stage, machine code is incorrect.
The code in the code section of this file may be machine instructions but 
this does not make the file contents machine code. If the file cannot be 
read by any machine , it cannot be called machine code.
It is not machine code until it has been passed thorugh a linker and the 
file(or code in the file) is fit to be read by a machine.

Ok lets say we open notepad and type.."This is machine code.... 101010".
Just because a portion of the file contains some machine code , does this 
make it machine code? No becuase its not been properly translated for a 
machine.

Machine code is simply code that is run on a machine, or read by a machines 
CPU, whether the code is in a file or in memory.
Now take a file, an object file, that is not designed to be run on a 
machine. Nor can you run this code on a machine even if you wanted to. Why 
would you even consider calling this machine code?

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C++ source code compilation Sheky <shekhar07.nitdgp@gmail.com> - 2011-12-06 08:49 -0800
  Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-06 17:06 +0000
    Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-07 07:39 +0000
      Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-07 14:11 +0000
      Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-07 17:37 +0000
        Re: C++ source code compilation ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-12-07 12:28 -0600
          Re: C++ source code compilation 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-07 11:04 -0800
          Re: C++ source code compilation Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-12-07 19:53 +0000
            Re: C++ source code compilation Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-12-07 20:41 +0000
              Re: C++ source code compilation Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-12-08 19:48 +0000
          Re: C++ source code compilation Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-07 14:56 -0600
            Re: C++ source code compilation ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-12-07 16:09 -0600
          Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-07 22:27 +0000
            Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-08 09:28 +0000
              Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-08 13:39 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-09 06:26 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 10:55 +0000
          Re: C++ source code compilation Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-08 03:41 -0800
            Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-08 13:42 +0000
              Re: C++ source code compilation Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 13:56 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-08 14:11 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 14:21 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 08:38 -0800
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 00:39 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 00:31 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-12-09 12:12 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-08 08:56 -0800
              Re: C++ source code compilation Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-09 05:23 -0800
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 14:16 +0000
            Re: C++ source code compilation ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-12-08 08:02 -0600
              Re: C++ source code compilation Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-08 13:18 -0600
                Re: C++ source code compilation ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-12-09 11:43 -0600
                Re: C++ source code compilation Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-09 17:24 -0600
                Re: C++ source code compilation ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-12-09 18:06 -0600
    Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-07 17:39 +0000
      Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-07 18:02 +0000
        Re: C++ source code compilation Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-07 14:58 -0600
        Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-07 22:20 +0000
          Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-07 22:42 +0000
            Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-08 01:54 +0000
          Re: C++ source code compilation John Bokma <john@castleamber.com> - 2011-12-07 16:55 -0600
            Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-07 22:58 +0000
              Re: C++ source code compilation John Bokma <john@castleamber.com> - 2011-12-07 20:52 -0600
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-08 05:09 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-08 05:15 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation John Bokma <john@castleamber.com> - 2011-12-08 11:37 -0600
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 00:45 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-12-10 21:46 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Dombo <dombo@disposable.invalid> - 2011-12-11 16:01 +0100
            Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-08 01:59 +0000
              Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-08 09:35 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-12-08 12:43 -0600
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-09 06:31 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-09 19:40 +1300
                Re: C++ source code compilation gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 23:47 -0800
                Re: C++ source code compilation Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-12-09 02:29 -0600
                Re: C++ source code compilation Tobias Müller <troplin@bluewin.ch> - 2011-12-09 07:23 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 23:46 -0800
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-09 09:24 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 11:01 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-09 12:23 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 10:58 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-09 12:35 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-09 12:44 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-09 04:55 -0800
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 14:20 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 14:33 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 14:58 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-09 15:11 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-10 07:59 +1300
                Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 15:09 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 19:36 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 19:53 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-10 10:03 +1300
                Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 21:10 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-09 14:06 -0800
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 23:04 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 23:15 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 23:37 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 01:51 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-10 09:51 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 13:50 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-11 08:53 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-11 20:17 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 12:37 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 13:45 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-10 13:49 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 14:37 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-11 08:55 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 14:07 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 14:28 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 14:50 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 14:54 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 15:17 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 18:13 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 18:36 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 22:34 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 22:46 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 23:25 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 23:30 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-11 03:23 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-11 09:12 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-12 10:05 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-12 12:05 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-12 12:58 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-11 13:29 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-11 20:33 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-11 07:14 -0800
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-11 09:07 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Tobias Müller <troplin@bluewin.ch> - 2011-12-10 14:52 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 15:24 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-11 09:05 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-11 09:01 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-11 20:22 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-12 10:11 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-09 15:08 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-12-09 15:08 +0000
              Re: C++ source code compilation 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-08 02:53 -0800
                Re: C++ source code compilation Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-08 05:16 -0600
                Re: C++ source code compilation 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-08 03:50 -0800
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-08 14:01 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-09 06:35 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 11:06 +0000
                Re: C++ source code compilation Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-09 12:38 +0000
          Re: C++ source code compilation Paul N <gw7rib@aol.com> - 2011-12-11 12:41 -0800
            Re: C++ source code compilation Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-12-11 21:02 +0000
            Re: C++ source code compilation "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-12 02:19 +0000
              Re: C++ source code compilation 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-11 20:02 -0800
  Re: C++ source code compilation red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2011-12-06 09:15 -0800
    Re: C++ source code compilation Sheky <shekhar07.nitdgp@gmail.com> - 2011-12-06 10:29 -0800
      Re: C++ source code compilation Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-06 12:39 -0600
        Re: C++ source code compilation Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2011-12-06 13:51 -0500
  Re: C++ source code compilation Paul N <gw7rib@aol.com> - 2011-12-06 14:47 -0800

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