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A code generator translates the output of the syntax analyzer and/or semantic analyzer
into lower level code, either assembly, object, or virtual.
Take the output of the Syntax analyzer [[Compiler/syntax_analyzer|task]] - which is a [[Flatten_a_list|flattened]] Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) - and convert it to virtual machine code, that can be run by the
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