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From: skinner@saturn.ucsc.edu (Robert Skinner)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: cross-compilation
Keywords: cross-compilation, _main, _new, _delete
Message-ID: <5180@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Date: 19 Oct 88 17:00:24 GMT
Organization: U.C. Santa Cruz, CIS/CE.
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I am trying to cross-compile C++ on a CRAY, since the Cray doesn't have
CC.  I use the -Fc option to produce a regular C file, then compile normally.
This leaves me with the following routines undefined:
	_main
	_new
	_delete

_new and _delete are obviously from libC, I think I can fake the routines
for them.  What about _main()?  What does _main() do besides construct
all static objects?  If I avoid using static objects, can I insert a
dummy _main() and get away with it?

Has anybody else tried this sort of thing, with a Cray in particular?
Are there any hidden traps that are going to completely blow me out of
the water?

thank you for your support
Robert Skinner
skinner@saturn.ucsc.edu

PS:  I know that the CRAY only supports 15 character variable names.
	I'll write a name masher and pipe all the files through it
	first.  That should be easy enough to deal with.