CompuServe Messages

Basically, I'm just talking about "cc" and "ld". I realize that SAS/C has those equivalents in "lc" and "blink", but I like the UNIX syntax… basically since I've been using it since 84. They don't require any extra files to be around for options, everything can be done within a few lines. In fact, you can just link everything using cc, which eventually calls ld. I've owned SAS/C for some time now. Every time I try and get used to the alternate syntax, it just drives me wild. I think it's really just "blink" that I'm ticked off about, more than anything else. I just can't fathom what the correct incantation is from the supplied docs. I'm used to just saying things like "cc -o foo foo.o main.o bloop.o -lm" to get an executable to pop out. Sure, I can make changes to OS kernels, dive into NFS/networking code to fix bugs, and I can write new features for window managers, but "blink" leaves me baffled. 🙂 I'll grab the "ucc" stuff, I'm sure that will help. I've been trying to become one of the converted for a long time now (really!), and I'm hoping that will help. There are some features I'm really looking forward to using. Anyway, that's the long and short of it. (ha! A pun!…ahem…) Steve