Re: [LUG] GCC compilation?

[David Johnson <dj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

lee quick wrote:

> just taking first tentative steps into the strange world of  C
> does anyone know the answer to the following
> i write a source file say : Example.c
> then  GCC Example.c
> produces an executable called a.out ?
> sure enough a.out works but why is it not called Example.out
> of course i could rename a.out ,but why does it do this in the first 
> place.
> read the man pages for GCC but can't find any explanation.

I am also taking those steps. Or rather re-taking. I briefly played with 
C a few years ago but never got past copying examples from books...
As a matter of fact I decided that I would like to learn C/C++ only today.
Do you have a book on C? Would you recommend it? I have an old Borland 
book on Turbo C++ and it is clearly not intended for people like me!

Thanks,
David Johnson.

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