Does the C++ code compile to assembly codes?

Question

Does C++ code compile to assembly code? If we have C++ code, will we be able to get assembly code?

Answer 1

Your code has to be understood by the machine, and, as it is not interpreted nor running in a VM, it is first transformed in assembly. You can get this assembly code by using the -S flag in your g++ compile options (as long as you are using g++ of course).

g++ -S -o file.s file.cpp

should do the trick.