C for Dummies help

[Daniel114]

Hi there,

I'm trying to learn 'C' using the afore mentioned book, however I'm having trouble with the very first activity (its gonna be one long book)

I type...

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
printf("Goodbye, cruel world!\n");
return(0);
}

then as it says, type..

gcc GOODBYE.C -o goodbye

only everytime I get..

/local/.tmp/cc23a8S4.o(.eh_frame+0x11): undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

I'm sure its very simple, but like I say, I'm incredibbly new to this and slightly dishevelled that I can't even progress past this

any ideas would be much appreciated

cheers

Dan

[markkuk]

The suffix .C makes the compiler think that the file is a C++ program. Rename the source file to "goodbye.c".

[Daniel114]

Thanks so much for that, tried it and it seems to have got the job done

[stevea]

Or use: gcc -x c GOODBYE.C -o goodbye
to override the suffix indicator.