compiling codes

[rkdarst]

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by the way, one subtopic might be compilation of the codes i.e. when I download archive. As far as I understand that, short answer is “check readme”, but I’m sure there is much more than that and, furthermore, it would be useful to understand how it works with some simple examples. At least I’d really appreciate that
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This would have been very useful to me some years ago. Personally I'm also interested to hear all the details about compliers and toolchains, to see if I understand correctly...