From: "Damian Yerrick" <die DOT spammers AT pineight DOT 8m DOT com>
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Subject: Re: problems compiling c++ in rhide
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 10:58:33 -0500
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Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net> wrote:
>
> Nick de Graeve wrote:
> >
> > I tried to compile the trivial program "Hello World" ( test.cpp )
> >
> > #include <iostream.h>
> > void main (){
> >     cout << "Hello World";
> > }
> >
> > and I got the message
> >
> > "cannot specify -o with -c or -S and multiple compilations"
> >
> > What did I do wrong?
>
> In addition to using an illegal return type for main(), it appears

Illegal return type? Some C/C++ programming books encourage
a fellow to make main() a procedure. But maybe that's because I
came from a Macintosh background, and this is DOS.

> that you compiled "-o with -c or -S and multiple compilations."

What the heck does that mean? Please specify the versions of
the compiler and binutils you are using, along with the entire
command line you gave to gcc.

> Martin Ambuhl mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net

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