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{{Short description|When a program must be compiled/interpreted before another computer can run it}}
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'''Source-code compatibility''' (source-compatible) means that a program can run on [[central processing unit|computercomputers]]s (or [[operating systemssystem]]s), independently of [[binary-code compatibility]] and that the [[source code]] is needed for [[Software portability|portability]].<ref name="Baron Higbie 1992" />
 
The source code must be [[compiler|compiled]] before running, unless the computer used has an [[Interpreter (computing)|interpreter]] for the language at hand.<ref name="Data Processing Digest 1980" /> The term is also used for [[assembly language]] compatibility, where the source is a [[human-readable]] form of [[machine code]] that must be converted into numerical (i.e. executable) machine code by an [[Assembly language#Assembler|assembler]]. This is different from [[binary-code compatibility]], where no recompilation (or assembly) is needed.<ref name="Stern Monti Bachmann 1998" />
 
Source compatibility is a major issue in the developing of computer programs. For example, most [[Unix]] systems are source-compatible, as long as one uses only standard [[library (computing)|libraries]]. [[Microsoft Windows]] systems are source-compatible across one major family (the [[Windows NT]] family, from [[Windows NT 3.1|NT 3.1]] through [[Windows 1011]], or the family that includes [[Windows 95]], [[Windows 98]], and [[Windows Me]]), with partial source compatibility between the two families.
 
== See also ==
* [[Binary compatibility]]
* [[Backward compatibility]]
* [[Source upgrade]]
 
== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Baron Higbie 1992">{{cite book
| last1 = Baron
| first1 = R.J.
| last2 = Higbie
| first2 = L.
| title = Computer Architecture
| publisher = Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
| series = Addison-Wesley series in electrical and computer engineering
| year = 1992
| isbn = 978-0-201-50923-6
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=CNdQAAAAMAAJ
| access-date = 9 May 2018
| page = 106
}}</ref>
<ref name="Data Processing Digest 1980">{{cite book
| title = Data Processing Digest
| publisher = Data Processing Digest, Incorporated
| issue = v. 26–27
| year = 1980
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=KaVIAAAAYAAJ
| access-date = 9 May 2018
| page = 21
}}</ref>
<ref name="Stern Monti Bachmann 1998">{{cite book
| last1 = Stern
| first1 = M.
| last2 = Monti
| first2 = G.
| last3 = Bachmann
| first3 = V.
| title = NT Enterprise Network Design
| publisher = Sybex, Network Press
| year = 1998
| isbn = 978-0-7821-2156-8
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Ixuh0wTZ4GwC
| language = et
| access-date = 9 May 2018
| page = 17
}}</ref>
}}
 
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[[Category:Backward compatibility]]
[[Category:Source code]]
 
 
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