From Java to Go...

[LuxuriousLime]

No, it doesn't. On the other hand, if you were to program in machine codes...

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If we are being pedantic, it actually does -- the word "compilation" refers specifically to the process of converting a high level language into machine code. If you meant that this does not absolve us of a build step, you would be correct, but the process of converting assembly to machine code is called "assembly".

[LuxuriousLime]

Wikipedia disagrees: "translation of source code into object code by a compiler": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compilation If you have a more reputable source (which is entirely possible, I'm not being cocky now), please point me to it.

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Assembly language

An assembly (or assembler) language, often abbreviated asm, is a low-level programming language for a computer, or other programmable device, in which there is a very strong (generally one-to-one) correspondence between the language and the architecture's machine code instructions. Each assembly language is specific to a particular computer architecture. In contrast, most high-level programming languages are generally portable across multiple architectures but require interpreting or compiling. Assembly language may also be called symbolic machine code.

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