After the preprocessor produces preprocessed source code, the next step is to compile (using a program called a compiler) C code into a lower-level programming language known as assembly.

Summary To create executable program, you must perform: Preprocess– textually expands definitions, condition-guarded code pieces Compile Link translates source code into relocatable machine code …

The #ifndef (foo.h, line 1) statement prevents the file from be included more than once in the same compilation unit. Safe (?)

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Old computers took a long time to compile large software projects, so compilation was broken down into "compilation units" that could be compiled incrementally and independently. Each compilation unit is …

These are your c: and d: drives! Forward slashes separate directory names, backslashes escape space characters! But it’s there!!! Just because it’s in the local directory, it’s not necessarily in the path!

Compilation databases: how to help a clang-based tool to understand your compile commands Aleksandr Platonov