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conbrio · Jun 29th, 2005, 4:14 PM

As I understand it, compilers generally generate code in the following manner: source code>object file(s)(which might be linked)>final executable in machine code.

Now, providing that a source file is compiled for a certain CPU architecture (eg, x86) why shouldn't a file compiled on Windows work on a Linux system, and vise versa?

Jun 29th, 2005, 4:14 PM	#1
conbrio Newbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	A stupid compiler question. As I understand it, compilers generally generate code in the following manner: source code>object file(s)(which might be linked)>final executable in machine code. Now, providing that a source file is compiled for a certain CPU architecture (eg, x86) why shouldn't a file compiled on Windows work on a Linux system, and vise versa?