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1. Jeff Ratliff (gomerx)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Feb-2016 01:01:24 EST Jeff Ratliff

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   • Tristan B. Kildaire
   C# compiles to byte code just like Java. Though it runs on .NET or something rather than a Java VM.
   • Jeff Ratliff (gomerx)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Feb-2016 23:37:02 EST Jeff Ratliff

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     • Tristan B. Kildaire
     Ah. I understand. C generally compiles to machine code. But you can do other things depending on the compiler.
   • Jeff Ratliff (gomerx)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Feb-2016 23:38:12 EST Jeff Ratliff

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     • Tristan B. Kildaire
     For instance GCC compiles to assembler then to machine code then links so you can make the compiler generate assembler if you want.
   • Jeff Ratliff (gomerx)'s status on Thursday, 11-Feb-2016 11:31:06 EST Jeff Ratliff

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     • Tristan B. Kildaire
     Yes. So it's easy to stop at any stage or substitute a different assembler if you want. Very Unixy.
   • Jeff Ratliff (gomerx)'s status on Thursday, 11-Feb-2016 11:35:55 EST Jeff Ratliff

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     • Tristan B. Kildaire
     It also makes it easy for GCC to add front-ends for various other compiled languages. So it can do a lot more than just C/C++.