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From: hull@hao.UUCP (Howard Hull)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: C-compilers for Amiga are Terrible (really Manx problem)
Message-ID: <451@hao.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 29-Nov-86 23:13:49 EST
Article-I.D.: hao.451
Posted: Sat Nov 29 23:13:49 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 30-Nov-86 19:30:18 EST
References: <8611191016.AA19776@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <1074@zen.BERKELEY.EDU> <3060@garfield.UUCP>
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Organization: High Altitude Obs./NCAR, Boulder CO
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Summary: It ain't broke, it's just not documented

In article <3060@garfield.UUCP>, john13@garfield.UUCP writes:
> Manx printf doesn't like %f!
> 
> main()
> { float x=1;
>   printf("%f\n",x); }
> 
> causes an "f" to be printed when I run it through Manx.

Try using the linker string	ln garbage.o -lm -lc -o a.out
instead of			ln garbage.o -lc -lm -o a.out

you'll be amazed what a difference it makes.  If you are doing 32 bit ints,
of course you'll use -lm32 -lc32 for the libraries.
								Howard Hull
[If yet unproven concepts are outlawed in the range of discussion...
                   ...Then only the deranged will discuss yet unproven concepts]
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