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Subj : Re: Compiling C code with Borland C++
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Nathaniel L. Walker
Date : Thu Dec 30 2004 06:41 am

Check the email I replied to you.
Watch which newsgroups you post in.

Nathaniel L. Walker

"Keith Woodard" <kwits@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:41d2d76c@newsgroups.borland.com...
> Good Day,
>
>  Thanks for your comprehensive answer.  Here is my problem. I need to
> compile a DLL using C code.  Below is one example taken from a whitepaper
> that I am using.  Under Borland 5.5, what switches and syntax would you
use
> to compile and link my C file?  I have three .s files that reference the
> functions in startstunnel.c.
>
> Compile: cl /c startstunnel.c
> Link: link startstunnel.obj /dll /export:startstunnel /export:killprocess
>
> P.S. I am from Louisiana.
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Keith Woodard
>
>
> "Nathaniel L. Walker" <nlw4563@Louisiana.edu> wrote in message
> news:41b88815$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> >
> > Bob Gonder <notbg@notmindspring.invalid> wrote:
> > >Keith Woodard wrote:
> > >
> > >> Is there a way to use Borland C++ to compile C level code?
> > >
> > >Since C++ is C (plus more), obviously, yes, you can.
> > >
> > >Why?
> > >Which compiler version are you using?
> > >And what seems to be the problem?
> > >Be as explicit as you can.
> > >Others will be able to help you when they know the particulars.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Why can't you just give him a straigtforward answer?
> >
> > Yes you can compile just C code.  The easiest way to do so is to name
your
> source code files with a ".c" extension, and the compiler will compile it
in
> C mode.  In fact, now that I checked, that looks like the only way to do
it,
> since most C++ code is backward compatible with C (most, not all) and the
C
> standard libraries are part of the C++ language (correct me if I'm wrong).
> If you want to form a file with a different extension to be compiled as
C++
> just use the "-P" command-line parameter (not that you'd want to).
> >
> > All in all, naming your source code files with a ".c" extension will
tell
> the compiler to compile it in C mode.  This works from the IDE and from
the
> command-line.
> >
> > It's been that way since at least Borland/Turbo C++ 3.0, so your
compiler
> version means next to nothing :)
> >
> > Ciao and happy coding!
> >
> > Nathaniel L. Walker
>
>

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