What is the purpose of intermediate code generation in a compiler?

کمپائلر میں انٹرمیڈیٹ کوڈ جنریشن کا مقصد کیا ہے؟

To perform lexical analysis

To produce machine code directly

To provide a platform-independent representation of the source code

None of these

Intermediate code allows portability across different hardware platforms.

It serves as a bridge between high-level language and machine code generation.