What the compiler does, or not?

["Carel Teijgeler" <coteijgeler@xxxxxxxxx>]

>From another post:
"If you code UDS, the compiler will automagically lock the data area when the 
program starts."

Call me a simpleton, but I doubt the compiler is doing that (automatically nor 
automagically), as it will not doing other things. Mentioned in earlier posts, 
the compiler will allocate memory, storage, etc., lock records, and many more.

I thought the compiler is used to compile code after checking the source. The 
compiled programme object would allocate memory, lock records and data area's, 
work with pointers (memory addresses), etc.

Is my assumption correct, or is the compiler actually needed at runtime? I 
don't think so. I think the used terminology as such is rather confusing and, 
methinks, wrong.

Regards,
Carel Teijgeler