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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Need explanations about compiling (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello, I'm a bit new to advanced linux and programming stuffs... Can someone explain me why compiling exists and what this process does and how to do it in the principals situations (I've heard that you can use the "makepkg" command). Thx to everyone who replied.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Human readable code:

// do stuff 100 times
for (int x = 0; x < 100; x++) {
do.stuff();
}

After compiling might look like:

1011 1100 1011 1011 and so on and so forth, which corresponds directly to cells in a memory chip being switched on or off, which are the instructions that get fed to your CPU to do everything your program does in the machine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Thx