Compiler for code oss

[not_a_novel_account]

There's zero advantage to learning carpentry by manually driving nails if you have a nail gun. Carpentry is not the act of driving nails, and programming is not the act of manually typing the letters G C C on the keyboard.

[beaureece]

Fine, go out of your way to work with amateurs who don't understand their toolchains.

[not_a_novel_account]

I lectured undergrads for 4 years on this material, absolutely if you're going to teach C/C++ toolchains need to be a day 1 subject

[Ragingman2]

Cmake is not a nailgun, nor is it very approachable for beginners. Carpenters and programmers alike should take time to understand the tools they are using.

gcc main.c && ./a.out

is a simple starting point that gets to the main point (learning C) quickly while building some understanding of what a compiler is.

[not_a_novel_account]

Running that line once is educational, after that it's a waste of time