Editing Compile time (section)

{{Short description|The time during which source code is validated and converted to machine code by a compiler}}
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In [[computer science]], '''compile time''' (or '''compile-time''') describes the time window during which a language's statements are converted into [[Machine code|binary instructions]] for the processor to execute.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A History of Computer Programming Languages
|url=https://cs.brown.edu/~adf/programming_languages.html|language=en|access-date=2022-12-25}}</ref> The term is used as an adjective to describe concepts related to the context of program compilation, as opposed to concepts related to the context of program execution ([[Run time (program lifecycle phase)|run time]]).

For example, ''compile-time requirements'' are [[programming language]] requirements that must be met by [[source code]] before compilation and ''compile-time properties'' are properties of the program that can be reasoned about during compilation. The actual length of time it takes to compile a program is usually referred to as ''compilation time''.