X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=Wc6RQVGp22kA:10 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=_n9qr0Kche1jIpDJwp8A:9 a=Es-BQAQBO0A_yn06VGQA:7 a=eQzPC2rnYl2jAwn5mKyYb8JZZXAA:4 a=buB1NfXUTBUA:10 a=IfQ-iFkkCvMA:10 Message-ID: <4B38CA15.40007@columbus.rr.com> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:09:09 -0500 From: Paul McFerrin Reply-To: pmcferrin AT columbus DOT rr DOT com User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: My"C" Compiled can't compile "{}" References: <4B381883 DOT 7030002 AT columbus DOT rr DOT com> <4B382F92 DOT 4000806 AT gmail DOT com> <4B382F54 DOT 9020202 AT columbus DOT rr DOT com> <20091228042726 DOT GD12367 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> In-Reply-To: <20091228042726.GD12367@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com I don't have a Linux, This code has served me very well for years. It is perfect. I used to be a developer with Glenn Fowler and nmake developing "compiler probe" code for nmake. If your compiler can't compile it, then something is wrong. I also get error messages about the C compiler with "reconfigure" scripts used to reconfigure a makefile. If someone can advised me of which packages to uninstall, I'll be happy to re-install then, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 11:08:52PM -0500, Paul McFerrin wrote: > >> My C compiler is at: >> $ ls -l /bin/cc.exe >> >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 paul None 20 2009-12-23 16:09 /bin/cc.exe -> >> /etc/alternatives/cc >> >> From my years of experiences, "{}" is the simplest version of a >> to-be-compiled C program. It is syntaxily correct. in any case, the >> above DID work in 1.7-68. >> > > It is not a syntactically correct C program. Try it on linux if you > are not convinced. > > cgf > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple