Starting Out with C++ from Control Structures to Objects (9th Edition)
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Author: Tony Gaddis
Publisher: PEARSON
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Differences between object file and executable file:
| Object file | Executable file |
| An object file is an intermediate between source and executable file. | An executable code is easily understood by a machine. |
| An object files contains an object code, it means, relocatable machine code, which is not directly executable. | Executable files allows the users to perform various operations and functions on the computer. |
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Object files contain various file formats such as,
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