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Compiler

During this course, we will use gcc as the default compiler for C. If you are using Mac OS or Linux, gcc should have been installed on your machine. If you are using Windows, you may need an IDE to compile and run your C code. For how to verify and install the environments, please refer to Installation.

Compile a Single Source File

gcc example.c -o example.run

Then we could run the executable file by ./example.run.

  • The filename is considered as the input file of our compiler. It is passed to the compiler without any parameters.
  • The parameter -o specifies the output executable file name.
  • Some other useful arguments:
    • -g Adds debugging symbols for use with gdb.
    • -Wall Enables all compiler warning messages.
    • -pedantic Compiler enforces the specified C standard pedantically.
    • -std=cxx Specify a version of C/CPP (by replacing the xx) to compile against.

Example:​

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