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# Source Code Representation
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This part describes the process of taking raw source code from the user and
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transforming it into various forms that the compiler can work with easily.
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These are called _intermediate representations (IRs)_.
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This process starts with compiler understanding what the user has asked for:
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parsing the command line arguments given and determining what it is to compile.
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After that, the compiler transforms the user input into a series of IRs that
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look progressively less like what the user wrote.
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