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I 've compiled with nasm the code below and linked with your gcc...
What does it mean these errors ? (the environment is Win XP ).
Sorry, I am a beginner...gcc can be used as a linker ?
Thanks a lot.

C:\> gcc -oEXE hello.obj
c:/djgpp/lib/crt0.o:crt0.s:(.data+0xc2): undefined reference to `_main'
c:/djgpp/lib/libc.a(crt1.o):crt1.c:(.text+0x404): undefined reference to 
`_main'

collect2: ld returned 1 exit status



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SECTION .data		; data section
msg:	db "Hello World",10	; the string to print, 10=cr
len:	equ $-msg		; "$" means "here"
				; len is a value, not an address

	SECTION .text		; code section
       ;  global main		; make label available to linker
;main:				; standard  gcc  entry point
	
	mov	edx,len		; arg3, length of string to print
	mov	ecx,msg		; arg2, pointer to string
	mov	ebx,1		; arg1, where to write, screen
	mov	eax,4		; write sysout command to int 80 hex
	int	0x80		; interrupt 80 hex, call kernel
	
	mov	ebx,0		; exit code, 0=normal
	mov	eax,1		; exit command to kernel
	int	0x80		; interrupt 80 hex, call kernel