Given the following program fragment:

int $n=5$;

which of the following is correct

$($a$)$ The value of $n$ is set to $5$ by the preprocessor

$($b$)$ The value of $n$ is set to $5$ by the compiler

$($c$)$ The value of $n$ is set to $5$ by the linker

$($d$)$ The value of $n$ is set to $5$ by the loader

$($e$)$ None of the above.