compiling

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For prosecutors, retrying a case — recompiling witnesses and exhibits, and reviewing old jury arguments — often doesn’t have the same spark as the first time.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2018

Every way it comes out I add it up, recompiling every bit of information we have to date.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

This means that any minor change to the standard-I/O header file theoretically mandates recompiling every C program in existence, even if only to verify that the change didn't screw something else up.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

Things programmers do that they know shouldn't work but they try anyway, and which sometimes actually work, such as recompiling everything.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.