Chris Breemer ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: Hi all,

: I don't know if the following has already been discussed before,
: and/or included in the POSIX smoothing issues :

: The c98 compiler accepts the "-o" flag only to set the
: executable output file. If you try to specify the output OBJECT
: file using "-o" (as you would on a UNIX system) the c98 compiler
: just ignores this, and puts the object in the cwd. Nasty ! I happen
: to have to use a bunch of UNIX makefiles which rely on this feature.

: Does anybody know if/when this is going to be fixed ?
: Would GNU C handle the -o flag properly ? ( Mark Klein you there ?)

The combination of this, and the command line length limitation you
mentioned in an earlier message, were enough to drive me from
c89 to gcc.  gcc handles -o properly, doesn't have the command
line limitations, supports 64 bit (long long) integers,
and has quite a few other features lacking from c89.

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