Messages in this thread | | | From | Rob Landley <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Non-GCC compilers used for linux userspace | Date | Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:16:47 -0500 |
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On Thursday 30 March 2006 5:02 pm, Nix wrote: > > Keep in mind that the main use of tcc these days is to turn c into a > > scripting language. Just start your C file with > > > > #!/usr/bin/tcc -run > > I feel distinctly queasy. (I can't easily think of a less suitable language > for scripting than C, either: perhaps COBOL...)
No, the queasy bit is when you realize that you can stick library linkage directives on that command line and thus you can dynamically compile and run X apps.
They have examples of doing this. :)
> > And notice that #! is a preprocessor comment line as far as tcc is > > concerned. :) > > I noticed that, but I didn't think anyone actually *used* tcc for this.
It's not exactly "what it's for", but it's up there.
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