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To compile is to convert the source code of a program into lower-level machine code that can be executed on a computing device.

To compile is to convert the source code of a program into lower-level machine code that can be executed on a computing device.

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Visual Studio not auto-building when I press the debug button

I'm writing code in Visual Studio but whenever I want to test the application and press the green arrow for "Start debugging", Visual Studio does not automatically recompile the active solution for me and I have to manually build the solution then…
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Where do I find nmake for Windows 7 x64

I'm trying to compile a Perl source and I can't seem to find a version of nmake that works with Windows 7 64 bit. I've searched all over Microsoft's website and my Googlefu seems to be failing me. Can I use a different compiler- if so…
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How to list imported symbols in ELF executable?

For PE executable, I can list the imported symbols using dumpbin /imports FILE.EXE or using the depends utility which is GUI application. nm ELF-binary just returns "no symbols".
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Does compiling a program twice produce a bit-for-bit identical binary?

If I were to compile a program into a single binary, make a checksum, and then recompile it on the same machine with the same compiler and compiler settings and checksum the recompiled program, would the checksum fail? If so, why is this? If not,…
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Detect compiler used for EXE file

Is there any way to detect (or to hide) the compiler that was used to build an executable file?
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How to get `make` to recognize alias command

I am installing MOOG, and when I make -f Makefile.maclap I get the error: $ make -f Makefile.maclap g77 -w -c -o Abfind.o Abfind.f make: g77: No such file or directory make: *** [Abfind.o] Error 1 After research online, I think that, since I have…
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Re-compile VIM with options

I have VIM installed but I need to compile it with specific options: In addition to the most commonly used features, the plugin requires: +python or +python3, +clientserver and +conceal. What are steps to uninstall, and recompile with those…
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How was the first compiler compiled?

This has always racked my brain. Compilers compile code. I imagine that the compiler is coded. So to actually run the code for a compiler, you'd have to compile it. How was the first compiler compiled?
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Which PC components make the biggest impact on your compile times for Visual Studio?

Which PC specifications have the biggest impact on your compile times? Disk? Clock speed? Number of CPU cores?
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Compiling the Linux kernel, how much size is needed?

I have downloaded the newest most stable Linux kernel, 2.6.33.2. I thought I would test this using VirtualBox. So I create a dynamically sized harddisk of 4 GB. And installed CentOS 5.3 with just the minimum packages. I setup the make menuconfig…
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Python ./configure does not find g++ compiler

I'm trying to compile Python 3.4.1 on an emulated ARM machine (with Debian 7). ./configure gives me checking for g++... no but g++ is installed. So what could be the problem? I know it's not strictly needed, but I'd prefer that make will use g++…
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Compile gvim from sources?

Recently, I've installed vim like so: hg clone https://vim.googlecode.com/hg/ vim cd vim sudo ./configure --enable-rubyinterp=yes --enable-pythoninterp=yes --enable-gui=gtk2 --prefix=/opt/vim make make install make install clean So, my VIM's…
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How to compile the best version of FFmpeg for Cygwin/Windows

It's generally accepted that, by default, FFmpeg comes packaged with lower-quality encoders - particularly when it comes to the default AAC encoder and the default resampler. According to these sources, the solution is to compile the program from…
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Why windows executables show incorrect compiler timestamps?

I have observed that windows executable files show incorrect timestamps when I view them in PE studio. For example this Notepad.exe file shows a compiler timestamp of 0x86FCBD69 (Mon Oct 07 03:45:05 2041 ) To validate this today (3 May 2021),I…
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Compiling FFMPEG for ARM

I have a Linux ARM computer (BeagleBone Black). I am trying to do some camera streaming and need FFMPEG to do it. I have tried everything that I can think of (including following guides for compiling it in general), but have failed to compile…
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