This reference manual describes how to use the CodeWarrior compiler and linker tools to build software.
CodeWarrior build tools are programs that translate source code into object code then organize that object code to create a program that is ready to execute.
CodeWarrior build tools often run on a different platform than the programs they generate. The host platform is the machine on which CodeWarrior build tools run. The target platform is the machine on which the software generated by the build tools runs.
This section introduces how CodeWarrior build tools are organized: