Quiz – How C programming works – from editor to executable

during compilation

after linking

before preprocessing

{ (curly bracket/brace)

; (semicolon)

# (hash)

interpreted

compiled

declarative

only if we have a Linux operating system

only if we have a Windows operating system

when we need to use predefined functions

the object files (*.obj) are created

the project files (*.obj, *.lib) are combined together to form an executable file

all variables are replaced with numerical values

an object file, interpreted by machines

a text file, readable by humans

a binary file, readable by machines

Windows and Linux

Linux

Windows

a text file, readable by humans

an archived file

a compiled file, interpreted by machines

editing, linking, compilation

compilation, linking, editing

editing, compilation, linking

all the compiler directives are replaced with the relevant code

the source file is converted into object file

the executable file is loaded in the memory