Thanks! Gcc is seeming to work well for me for C. Its error messages
if I don't get a
clean compile are easy for me to understand...I type
gcc -Wall -ggdb hello.c -o hello
This is FUN. Hello, World! ;)
(apologies for lame newbie joke)
Mark Weaver wrote:
> Hi Kathleen,
>
> I use the compiler that comes with Mandrake which is also the same one
in
> Redhat and the others. If it's C you're programming in invoke 'gcc',
if
> you're doing C++ use 'g++'. Although actually either one will work for
> both C and C++. I've gotten some funny errors from gcc when compiling
a
> C++ program.
>
> the command line to invoke the compiler looks like this:
>
> source code file name: hello.cc
> binary name after compile: hello
>
> command line syntax: g++ -g -Wall -ohello hello.cc <ENTER>
>
> if your program is coded correctly when you hit the enter key your
machine
> will whir for a second and then come back to the command prompt. a
clean
> compile is nothing but the command prompt. Then type the name of the
> binary and watch your program run.
>
> --
> Mark
>
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> On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Kathleen Dickason wrote:
>
> > Does anyone here use Linux to program in C? I am just learning.
Which compiler do
> > you use?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kathleen
> >
> >
> >
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