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Question

Q. which of the following is not part of compiler??

A) code generator

B) linker

C) loader

D) code optimizer

Answer 1

A.

we cannot use code generator in compilers.

code optimizer is to optimize target code generation.

Comments

i think loader...since loader is of os's module ....

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[Source Code] ---> Compiler ---> [Object code] --*
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[Source Code] ---> Compiler ---> [Object code] --*--> Linker --> [Executable] ---> Loader 
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[Source Code] ---> Compiler ---> [Object code] --*                                    |
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                                 [Library file]--*                                    V
                                                                       [Running Executable 

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3996651/what-is-compiler-linker-loader