So I tried running a program in this little black and white window called GCC and we'll see it today working properly that is a so called compiler.

在一个名为GCC的黑色小窗口里,运行我们的程序,然后得出想要的结果,这就是所谓的编译器。

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In a compiled language, you have an intermediate step, in which you take the source code, it runs through what's called a checker or a compiler or both, and it creates what's called object code.

而在编译语言里，你就会经过一个中间的步骤，在这种语言里输入源码后，先经过过滤器,或者编译器检查后，它会创建一个叫做目标代码的东西。

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The compiler is going to ignore all of this so-called "pretty printing" -- all of this sort of indentation, -- all of this white space -- that's really for the human's benefits, both yours, your colleagues, the teaching staff, and the like.

编译器会忽略所有的叫做,“优美打印“--所有的这类缩进，所有的这些空格-,只是为了我们的利益，也是你的，你的同事，教员的和其他人的利益。

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The researchers have already designed the DNA sequences using software from a company called Genome Compiler, which allows people to easily design genetic sequences.

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This program is then fed into a second piece of software called a compiler, which translates it into a sequence of machine instructions for a specific kind of microprocessor, such as Intel's x86 family, which can then run the original program.

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