A load and go compiler generates machine code and then immediately executes it.
Compilers usually produce either absolute code that is executed immediately upon conclusion of the compilation or object code that is transformed by a linking loader into absolute code. These compiler organizations will be called Load & Go and Link/Load. Both Load & Go and Link/Load compilers use a number of passes to translate the source program into absolute code. A pass reads some form of the source program, transforms it into an another form, and normally outputs this form to an intermediate file which may be the input of a later pass.
Compilers usually produce either absolute code that is executed immediately upon conclusion of the compilation or object code that is transformed by a linking loader into absolute code. These compiler organizations will be called Load & Go and Link/Load. Both Load & Go and Link/Load compilers use a number of passes to translate the source program into absolute code. A pass reads some form of the source program, transforms it into an another form, and normally outputs this form to an intermediate file which may be the input of a later pass.