Info about the GNU C Compiler...?

[Richard Tobin]

The Linux kernel is certainly copmiled with GCC.

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So considering the fact that

a) the GNU C compiler adopts an open standard,
b) and the compiler is free,

does this mean that we cannot anti-socially hack linux?

I have no idea how you reach that conclusion!

P.S. if you add a Followup-To: header, make sure it's syntactically correct.

-- Richard

 

[Richard Tobin]

The subject, btw, is an integral part of a post. Hence it is called the
"subject".

[/QUOTE]

"Integral part" doesn't necessarily mean "conveniently visible".

Which are these newsreaders that don't make the subject conveniently
visible while reading a short article (I could imagine it scrolling
of the screen in a long one). And why don't their users get them
fixed?

-- Richard

 

[Stephen Sprunk]

The Linux kernel source was made by humans using text editors. If you meant
a particular pre-compiled kernel, the answer depends on who did the
compiling; you'd have to ask the person(s) you got it from. If you compiled
it yourself, hopefully you know the answer.

The Linux kernel is certainly copmiled with GCC.

Well, that's one option. You can compile it with ICC as well, if you wish,
or possibly other compilers. Since the Linux kernel makes heavy use of GCC
extensions and other non-portable code, though, it's not particularly easy
to find other options.

S

 

[deostroll]

I have no idea how you reach that conclusion!

-- Richard

Eh, well, I assume virus writers would use a non-standard C compiler.
Your linux os might contain a standard version of the C compiler. In
such cases those evil programs would not run the way it was thought
to...I don't know; its a wild idea.

I may be wrong or outright silly. But tell me this, if you were to
install something on linux via downloading from the internet, would
you do it? Do you ever download from the internet like how you do on
Windows? Or do you just get the source code of the application you
want and you make binaries of it yourself?

How do we do it (install programs) on a linux os?

 

[deostroll]

You can compile it with ICC as well...

Whats the ICC?
--deostroll

 

[Stephen Sprunk]

Whats the ICC?

ICC is Intel's compiler, intended to be a drop-in replacement for GCC on
Linux and for MSVC on Windows. To achieve that, they had to implement all
of the various extensions of the compilers they were trying to replace.

S

 

[deostroll]

Eh, well, I assume virus writers would use a non-standard C compiler.
Your linux os might contain a standard version of the C compiler. In
such cases those evil programs would not run the way it was thought
to...I don't know; its a wild idea.

I may be wrong or outright silly. But tell me this, if you were to
install something on linux via downloading from the internet, would
you do it? Do you ever download from the internet like how you do on
Windows? Or do you just get the source code of the application you
want and you make binaries of it yourself?

How do we do it (install programs) on a linux os?

Anyone care to comment on this?
--deostroll

 

[Keith Thompson]

Anyone care to comment on this?
--deostroll

Apparently not, since nobody commented when you posted the same thing
three weeks ago, and it has little to do with C programming.

 

[deostroll]

Ok how about some info about when it comes to installing programs or
packages...do we have to download the application's entire source code
or the application binaries as such?

I would not go for the latter, because there is no way of being sure
that that app works fine on my sys (i.e without harming it); bcos the
source code is not there. Hence I would go for the former option.

But what do ppl normally do?

--deostroll

 

[Lew Pitcher]

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Ok how about some info about when it comes to installing programs or
packages...do we have to download the application's entire source code
or the application binaries as such?

Well, that question entirely off topic here in comp.lang.c. FWIW, pre-compiled
programs have nothing to do with the C language, and C source code has
everything to do with the C language. You may make your inferences accordingly.


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Lew Pitcher

Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576
http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | GPG public key available by request
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[CBFalconer]

Ok how about some info about when it comes to installing programs
or packages...do we have to download the application's entire
source code or the application binaries as such?

I would not go for the latter, because there is no way of being
sure that that app works fine on my sys (i.e without harming it);
bcos the source code is not there. Hence I would go for the former
option.

But what do ppl normally do?

See the sig. below. Also, please do not use funny abbreviations,
such as ppl, app. These are probably totally confusing to people
who do not sport English as their base language.

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you quote enough for the article to make sense. Google is only
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