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If you are a developer using a compiled programming language, your craft depends on your compiler. Computers are not capable of natively understanding any of your code. Instead, the machine must be told what to do in a way that it understands. Depending on your language and platform, to do this, you may find yourself relying on either a compiler or an interpreter.