In one of the earlier articles about Hello World C program on Linux , we learned how to write, compile and execute a basic C program on Linux platform in 3 easy steps. Among those 3 steps, the second step was to compile the source code to produce an executable file as output. In this article, we will try to go further deep into this compilation process to understand the basics of GCC compilation process by exploring what all happens behind the scenes when a source code is compiled to produce an output executable.
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