John,
When we make assembly programs we use the Assembler to ASSEMBLE the assembly language source code into the object code.

When we make C programs (or other HLL's) we use the C Compiler to COMPILE the C source code into the object code. (Do note that not all C compilers will compile direct to object code. Some will compile into assembly language source code files which then must be assembled into the actual object code. And in addition to that those C compilers that have the ability to compile directly to ojbect code also have some provision via a command line switch or #pragma option to have the compiler output assembly language source).

Terminology can be just as important as making sure that the interrupt vector ORG is at just the right address to match properly with the processor.

Michael Karas

Michael Karas