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-[
SourceCode]
is a collective noun refering any human-
readable program which can be compiled or interpreted by a computer.
+SourceCode is a collective noun refering to
any human readable program which can be compiled or interpreted by a computer.
-"Human-
readable" is somewhat vague. Many
modern [compilers|Compiler] work by translating
their input language into language
[C]. Such generated [C] [
SourceCode]
is very rarely human readable
. There
are also humans who read and write [Assembler]
or even [MachineLanguage]
.
+"Human readable" is a
somewhat vague term, commonly referring to how easily a human can understand the code
. On one end of the spectrum, many
modern [compilers|Compiler] translate
their input language into intermediate
[C] SourceCode that
is very hard to follow despite being written in a high level language
. On the other end, there
are also humans who read and write AssemblyLanguage
or even MachineCode
.
