Compilation

Jul 28, 2023

• Preprocessing phase C preprocessor - Wikipedia
  • A preprocessing step performs macro substitution on program text, inclusion of other source files, and conditional compilation.
• Compilation phase
• Assembly phase
• Linking phase (ELF)

1. Source Code → Lexical Analysis → Tokens
2. Tokens → Syntactic Analysis → Abstract Syntax Tree
3. Abstract Syntax Tree → Various Transformations → Some Intermediate Representation
4. Some Intermediate Representation → Code Generation → {Machine,Byte,Source} Code