Re: Programming on an Alpha (Redhat of course...)

[Michal Jaegermann <michal ellpspace math ualberta ca>]

> 
>     I have noticed as I try to compile programs on my Alpha that they
> regularly get errors but on my Intel box they don't.

Most likely these get errors because they have bugs.  Faulty assumptions
that int can hold a pointer, for example, are masked on Intel due
to relative sizes of these types on Intel but they bite on Alpha.
As C defaults undeclared (or arguments to functions without prototypes)
this sometimes may be hard to spot.  Misaligned stack due to
carelessnes with types is also not unheard of.

> Could someone point me
> toward some resources about programming on the Alpha.

K&R, second edition, is recommended - and pay attention to what authors
have to say.  Using -Wall with gcc, and even stricter available checks,
also helps a lot.

  --mj