From: DrDiettrich1@netscape.net   
      
   On 10/16/21 7:16 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
      
   > "To compile" is an attractive word in that it means putting stuff   
   > together   
      
   The same applies to "assemble" at machine level.   
      
   I could imagine that at that time the result was more important than   
   sophisticated handling of source code. A portable C compiler also is   
   assumed to output executable modules where other compilers rely on a linker.   
      
   DoDi   
   [The Bell Labs portable C compiler output assembler source code, although   
   most people didn't notice since it normally assembled it and threw the   
   assembler code away.  Last time I checked gcc and clang do the same. -John]   
      
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