Why is one d file compiled into two files object file & executable.

Kagamin via Digitalmars-d-learn digitalmars-d-learn at puremagic.com
Tue Feb 10 23:42:29 PST 2015


On Wednesday, 11 February 2015 at 05:08:16 UTC, Venkat Akkineni 
wrote:
> I am coming from Java. What is the purpose of an object file & 
> why is it generated at compile time in addition to an 
> executable. I know C generates an object file too, but I don't 
> know what the use is.

Java uses a similar process: it has to generate .class files 
before they can be packed into a .jar file.


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