Why is linking necessary in a program?

[jsharma]

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Why is linking necessary in a program?

[nick0201]

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[rscomponentseo]

Linking refers to the creation of a single executable file from multiple object files. ... Instead, using so called "conditional compilation", it is necessary to compile only those source files that have changed; for the rest, the object files are sufficient input for the linker.