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What stages does C++ code go through during transformation?

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Preprocessing: Handling preprocessor directives (#include, #define, #ifdef, etc.).
Compilation:
- Lexical analysis (tokenization).
- Syntax analysis (parsing).
- Semantic analysis.
- Generation of intermediate representation.
- Optimization (when corresponding flags are enabled).
- Generation of object code (assembly code).
- Translating assembly code into machine code (.obj or .o file).
Linking:
- Resolving symbols (linking function calls and variable references from different object files and libraries).
- Creating an executable file (.exe, .elf, .dylib, etc.) or a library (.dll, .so, .dylib).