Tools and Toolchains (fwd link)

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Tools and Toolchains

In software development the phrase toolchain refers to a set of
discrete tools linked in such a way that the output of one tool
becomes the input for another tool. As wikipedia notes “A simple
software development toolchain consists of a text editor for editing
source code, a compiler and linker to transform the source code into
an executable program, libraries to provide interfaces to the
operating system, and a debugger.”

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