Question

Each modern computer system is equipped with a compiler. ___ .

Answer 1

CORRECT ANSWER:

The statement is False.

STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATION:

That is up to the operating system. Since it is on a hardware chip, a machine with no operating system does not have a compiler or an interpreter.  

Standard consumer PCs: In the. Net runtime, Windows functionally comes with csc.exe installed.  

Mac comes with interpreter AppleScript.

The operating system that come with various different compilers or interpreters installed, depending again on the installation choices.  

So you have the issue of MINIX, which is the OS and software stack of the Intel chip which contains numerous applications that are not usually accessed by the end user.

There are numerous industrial machine applications that run interpreters and/or specially built operating systems.

Answer 2

False, modern computers don't need to compile direct source code from users. There are DUIs (direct user interface) that allows the user to interact with a computer without coding.