Re: preprocessor and precompiler

vbdis@aol.com (VBDis)
8 Oct 2000 21:38:08 -0400

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From: vbdis@aol.com (VBDis)
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Date: 8 Oct 2000 21:38:08 -0400
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  "Nada" <nadaqam@yahoo.com> schreibt:


>What is the difference between precompiler and preprocessor ??


My feeling says:


A preprocessor only modifies the source code, expanding macros and doing other
stuff.


A precompiler can produce a very different (even binary) output, so that a
common "postcompiler" can produce code for different languages. The precompiler
handles the syntactical issues of the source language, and the postcompiler
deals with the code creation and optimization.


Nice try? ;-)


DoDi

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