recompile
- a word derived from compile.
Example Sentences
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In any other system, the programmer would have had to rewrite the code and recompile a huge block of the program, maybe even all of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
How about Microsoft, which had the front to recompile Windows to run on ARM chips to produce the Surface RT?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2013
In practice, you may not actually have to recompile the world, but the implication is that some human cleverness is required to figure out what parts can be safely left out.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
“Just got to patch the distribution, recompile, burn it to CD, and reboot, and we’re on the road.”
From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Doctorow, Cory
For instance, "Add one #define to stdio.h, and you have to recompile the world."
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
