Kevin Ryde <user42@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I thought to add a note to the "limitations of usual tools" section > about the problem with some compilers not accepting -c and -o > together. > > Can anyone nominate such a compiler as an example? Preferrably one > that might, at least in theory, be in current use. Sorry, I don't know of any real-world examples offhand. However, POSIX 1003.1-2001 says that "c99 -c -o" has unspecified behavior, and similarly for "c99 -E -o". Perhaps you could just point people at POSIX.