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A compiler converts a high-level language to machine code. So when you buy or download a compiler, don't you have to make sure the compiler is compatible with your microprocessor? Yet when I look at the various compilers I can download, the requirements are listed as what operating system you are running, and not your chip architecture.
I have a Pentium, but that means I could have any operating system written for a Pentium. The operating system does not determine the chip architecture (indeed it is written for the chip architecture), so how can the requirements for a compiler be the operating system and not the chip architecture?
I have a Pentium, but that means I could have any operating system written for a Pentium. The operating system does not determine the chip architecture (indeed it is written for the chip architecture), so how can the requirements for a compiler be the operating system and not the chip architecture?