Compile an external C file to an executable

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Pineapple (Posted 2010) [#1]

How can it be done? I wrote a program that compiles BrainF*ck to C code, but it's not so useful if it can't compile the C to an executable. How can I do this through blitzmax?

TomToad (Posted 2010) [#2]

I believe the command is System_()? You would basically call a c compiler and pass it your C code, but then you would need to have a c compiler installed on your computer. System_("CCompiler MyProject.c") But why did you convert to C? Why not convert to BMax? Then you could just call the BMK compiler and not have to worry about having a c compiler installed.

Azathoth (Posted 2010) [#3]

Nilium had made a TinyCC module but I can't find a working link.

GW (Posted 2010) [#4]

Actually you can comment out the Main function from the tcc source and import the c code directly. But the system_ is better if you just want to call the compiler.