[Courses] [C] Current topic: compiling C.

[Mary]

This week (or fortnight or month) our focus is compiling C. We welcome
questions and discussion on the following:

Beginning questions (ESPECIALLY WELCOME):

 * What does compiling do anyway?

 * Why do we have to compile C code?

 * What compilers do you use?

 * What compilers should you use?

 * Why won't this code compile? (Posting non-compiling code is
   especially welcome in this discussion!)

 * Useful compiler flags for gcc.

Higher level questions:

 * How do I compile two or more source files into one program?

 * What are all the stages of compiling C (preprocessing, compiling,
   linking) about?

Related topics:

Writing Makefiles.

All posts at any level are welcome.

-Mary.