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I don't have much to say about the chapters this week.

Chapter 7: The Toolchain

It was a simple explanation of the compilation process, difference between compiled and interpreted, and the steps to resolve symbols and the likes.

Chapter 8: Behind the process

This chapter went more into what the word "executable" means. I think it's a good thing to read for beginners because often we don't really think about these things. What's an executable really?
The explanation isn't so bad, focusing mainly on the formatting aspect, how an executable is all about packing the required info in a bunch of bytes to be able to be loaded and executed by the OS.

The chapter goes over some of the specificity of ELF in particular and its linking process.


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RE: Nixers Book Club - Book #5: Computer Science from the Bottom Up - by venam - 11-09-2021, 02:24 AM