Eli5: If a compiler is a program that converts your code into binary form for the computer, unless my understanding is incorrect and it isn’t just a program, wouldn’t the compiler also need a compiler to run it since how do you run a program without a compiler?
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Not got much experience with CS, but if I remember correctly, it kind of is a bit like if I was trying to tell a French person how to get to the store when you only speak English and they only speak French.
If your instructions are:
Take the third left
Walk 500 metres
Turn right
You could put it into a translator and get:
Prendre la troisième à gauche
Marcher 500 mètres
Tourner à droite
Your computer in this scenario speaks French and most programmers speak English. The compiler breaks down the code into the language that the machine understands.
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