Proline C

[Jeff Glasson]

In article <119 at tetra.UUCP> rupp at tetra.UUCP (William L. Rupp) writes:
>I recently bought the C compiler for the Commodore 64 put out by Proline.  The
>package looks very good, but I have not had any luck in compiling even a
>very short program such as the following:
>
>/* a sample program */
>
>#include <stdio.h>
>
>main()
>
>{
> 
>printf("This is a test.");
>
>
>}                                                       
>
>The documentation speaks about the compiler and then the linker, but does not
>indicate how a simple single function program like the one above is changed
>from an object file (assuming that I could successfully compile the source) to
>an executable program.  The documentation seems to assume that two or more
>object files will always be linked together.

To compile and link the above program:

First compile the program using cc (eg. cc test.c).
This produces a .o file.

To create an executable out of the .o, you must use the linker to link in
the runtime and library routines.  Invoke link then issue the commands:

> test.o		; specify the .o file
> ^			; tell the linker to search the libraries
			; make sure the library disk is in before
			; you hit return!
> <cr>

If all goes well, link will now ask for the name of the executable
you wish to write.  If there are still undefined externals, link will
tell you and return the ">" prompt.

Hope this helps!

Jeff Glasson
Hewlett-Packare ISO
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