The Mechanics of Creating a Program
Suppose you've written a C++ program. How do you get it running? The exact steps depend upon your computer environment and the particular C++ compiler you use, but they will resemble the following steps (see Figure 1.3):
Figure 1.3. Programming steps.
Use a text editor of some sort to write the program and save it in a file. This file constitutes the source code for your program.
Compile the source code. This means running a program that translates the source code to the internal language, called machine language, used by the host computer. The file containing the translated program is the object code for ...
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