From: Arch Stanton <r6943045NOr6SPAM AT yahoo DOT com DOT invalid>
Subject: Re: Problems compiling and running a program.
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In article <199910191854 DOT UAA01054 AT acp3bf DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>,
Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote:
> In article <B45C46D3AF14D3119C560090274F38D424C6BB AT DAEX01> you
> wrote:
> > To Whom It May Concern;
> > I purchased the book "Teach Yourself C++ in 24 hours" and so far
> I am
> > understanding
> > everything, but I can't seem to compile and run a program; my
> steps are:
> > #1 - Type a program using EDIT.
> > #2 - Save the file with a *.CPP extension.
> > #3 - run gxx -o hello.cpp hello.exe (from c:\djgpp)
> That command line is very wrong. Must be either of the following
> 	gxx -o hello.exe hello.cpp
> 	gxx hello.cpp -o hello.exe
> The '-o' option means: 'create a program with the following name',
> so
> the name must come immediately after it. For added benefit, you
> should
> probably add other options, to get as many warnings as you can from
> gcc: '-O2 -Wall -W', maybe even '-ansi -pedantic'. But then, you'll
> probably find that with those settings, none of the samples from
> that
> type of book will get through the compiler: they're just to badly
> written.
> --
> Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
> Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.


Excellent post!  I was having the same problem, and you solved it, plus
gave me some new info. Thanks.



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