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How a high level language turns into machine code
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-IAN! idallen@ncf.ca

Input to C compiler:

    static int AAA = 111;
    static int BBB = 222;

    main(){
            if ( AAA <= 333 ) {
                    AAA = 444;
                    BBB = 555;
            } else {
                    AAA = 666;
                    BBB = 777;
            }
    }

Assembly-language output from compiler:

            .file       "smallprog.c"
            .version    "01.01"
    gcc2_compiled.:
    .data
            .align 4
            .type        AAA,@object
            .size        AAA,4
    AAA:
            .long 111
            .align 4
            .type        BBB,@object
            .size        BBB,4
    BBB:
            .long 222
    .text
            .align 4
    .globl main
            .type        main,@function
    main:
            pushl %ebp
            movl %esp,%ebp
            cmpl $333,AAA
            jg .L3
            movl $444,AAA
            movl $555,BBB
            jmp .L4
            .p2align 4,,7
    .L3:
            movl $666,AAA
            movl $777,BBB
    .L4:
            movl %ebp,%esp
            popl %ebp
            ret
    .Lfe1:
            .size        main,.Lfe1-main
            .ident      "GCC: (GNU) 2.95.3 19991030 (prerelease)"