One of the reasons the object files generated by the assembler is not executable is that each object file is created independent of other object files in the program. Hence they are notawareoftheotherobjectfilesintheprogram;therefore,linkingofobjectfilesinneeded to generate an executable file. If a project has only one source file (hence one object file) and is it is not using any library files, can this object file be executed? Why or why not?

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One of the reasons the object files generated by the assembler is not executable is that
each object file is created independent of other object files in the program. Hence they are
notawareoftheotherobjectfilesintheprogram;therefore,linkingofobjectfilesinneeded to
generate an executable file. If a project has only one source file (hence one object file) and
is it is not using any library files, can this object file be executed? Why or why not? 

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