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@setfilename treelang.info

@include gcc-common.texi

@set copyrights-treelang 1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005

@set email-general gcc@@gcc.gnu.org

@set email-bugs gcc-bugs@@gcc.gnu.org or bug-gcc@@gnu.org

@set email-patches gcc-patches@@gcc.gnu.org

@set path-treelang gcc/gcc/treelang

@set which-treelang GCC-@value{version-GCC}

@set which-GCC GCC

@set email-josling tej@@melbpc.org.au

@set www-josling http://www.geocities.com/timjosling

@c This tells @include'd files that they're part of the overall TREELANG doc

@c set.  (They might be part of a higher-level doc set too.)

@set DOC-TREELANG

@c @setfilename usetreelang.info

@c @setfilename maintaintreelang.info

@c To produce the full manual, use the "treelang.info" setfilename, and

@c make sure the following do NOT begin with '@c' (and the @clear lines DO)

@set INTERNALS

@set USING

@c To produce a user-only manual, use the "usetreelang.info" setfilename, and

@c make sure the following does NOT begin with '@c':

@c @clear INTERNALS

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@c and make sure the following does NOT begin with '@c':

@c @clear USING

@ifset INTERNALS

@ifset USING

@settitle Using and Maintaining GNU Treelang

@end ifset

@end ifset

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@settitle Using GNU Treelang

@end ifclear

@ifclear USING

@settitle Maintaining GNU Treelang

@end ifclear

@c then again, have some fun

@ifclear INTERNALS

@ifclear USING

@settitle Doing Very Little at all with GNU Treelang

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@ifnottex

@dircategory Programming

@direntry

* treelang: (treelang).                  The GNU Treelang compiler.

@end direntry

@ifset INTERNALS

@ifset USING

This file documents the use and the internals of the GNU Treelang

(@code{treelang}) compiler.  At the moment this manual is not

incorporated into the main GCC manual as it is incomplete.  It

corresponds to the @value{which-treelang} version of @code{treelang}.

@end ifset

@end ifset

@ifclear USING

This file documents the internals of the GNU Treelang (@code{treelang}) compiler.

It corresponds to the @value{which-treelang} version of @code{treelang}.

@end ifclear

@ifclear INTERNALS

This file documents the use of the GNU Treelang (@code{treelang}) compiler.

It corresponds to the @value{which-treelang} version of @code{treelang}.

@end ifclear

Published by the Free Software Foundation

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@titlepage

@ifset INTERNALS

@ifset USING

@center @titlefont{Using and Maintaining GNU Treelang}

@end ifset

@end ifset

@ifclear INTERNALS

@title Using GNU Treelang

@end ifclear

@ifclear USING

@title Maintaining GNU Treelang

@end ifclear

@sp 2

@center Tim Josling

@page

@vskip 0pt plus 1filll

For the @value{which-treelang} Version*

@sp 1

Published by the Free Software Foundation @*

51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor@*

Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA@*

@c Last printed ??ber, 19??.@*

@c Printed copies are available for $? each.@*

@c ISBN ???

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@page

@ifnottex

@node Top, Copying,, (dir)

@top Introduction

@cindex Introduction

@ifset INTERNALS

@ifset USING

This manual documents how to run, install and maintain @code{treelang}.

It also documents the features and incompatibilities in the @value{which-treelang}

version of @code{treelang}.

@end ifset

@end ifset

@ifclear INTERNALS

This manual documents how to run and install @code{treelang}.

It also documents the features and incompatibilities in the @value{which-treelang}

version of @code{treelang}.

@end ifclear

@ifclear USING

This manual documents how to maintain @code{treelang}.

It also documents the features and incompatibilities in the @value{which-treelang}

version of @code{treelang}.

@end ifclear

@end ifnottex

@menu

* Copying::

* Contributors::

* GNU Free Documentation License::

* Funding::

* Getting Started::

* What is GNU Treelang?::

* Lexical Syntax::

* Parsing Syntax::

* Compiler Overview::

* TREELANG and GCC::

* Compiler::

* Other Languages::

* treelang internals::

* Open Questions::

* Bugs::

* Service::

* Projects::

* Index::

@detailmenu

 --- The Detailed Node Listing ---

Other Languages

* Interoperating with C and C++::

treelang internals

* treelang files::

* treelang compiler interfaces::

* Hints and tips::

treelang compiler interfaces

* treelang driver::

* treelang main compiler::

treelang main compiler

* Interfacing to toplev.c::

* Interfacing to the garbage collection::

* Interfacing to the code generation code. ::

Reporting Bugs

* Sending Patches::

@end detailmenu

@end menu

@include gpl.texi

@include fdl.texi

@node Contributors

@unnumbered Contributors to GNU Treelang

@cindex contributors

@cindex credits

Treelang was based on 'toy' by Richard Kenner, and also uses code from

the GCC core code tree.  Tim Josling first created the language and

documentation, based on the GCC Fortran compiler's documentation

framework.  Treelang was updated to use the TreeSSA infrastructure by

James A. Morrison.

@itemize @bullet

@item

The packaging and compiler portions of GNU Treelang are based largely

on the GCC compiler.

@xref{Contributors,,Contributors to GCC,GCC,Using and Maintaining GCC},

for more information.

@item

There is no specific run-time library for treelang, other than the

standard C runtime.

@item

It would have been difficult to build treelang without access to Joachim

Nadler's guide to writing a front end to GCC (written in German).  A

translation of this document into English is available via the

CobolForGCC project or via the documentation links from the GCC home

page @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org}.

@end itemize

@include funding.texi

@node Getting Started

@chapter Getting Started

@cindex getting started

@cindex new users

@cindex newbies

@cindex beginners

Treelang is a sample language, useful only to help people understand how

to implement a new language front end to GCC.  It is not a useful

language in itself other than as an example or basis for building a new

language.  Therefore only language developers are likely to have an

interest in it.

This manual assumes familiarity with GCC, which you can obtain by using

it and by reading the manuals @samp{Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)}

and @samp{GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) Internals}.

To install treelang, follow the GCC installation instructions,

taking care to ensure you specify treelang in the configure step by adding

treelang to the list of languages specified by @option{--enable-languages},

e.g.@: @samp{--enable-languages=all,treelang}.

If you're generally curious about the future of

@code{treelang}, see @ref{Projects}.

If you're curious about its past,

see @ref{Contributors}.

To see a few of the questions maintainers of @code{treelang} have,

and that you might be able to answer,

see @ref{Open Questions}.

@ifset USING

@node What is GNU Treelang?, Lexical Syntax, Getting Started, Top

@chapter What is GNU Treelang?

@cindex concepts, basic

@cindex basic concepts

GNU Treelang, or @code{treelang}, is designed initially as a free

replacement for, or alternative to, the 'toy' language, but which is

amenable to inclusion within the GCC source tree.

@code{treelang} is largely a cut down version of C, designed to showcase

the features of the GCC code generation back end.  Only those features

that are directly supported by the GCC code generation back end are

implemented.  Features are implemented in a manner which is easiest and

clearest to implement.  Not all or even most code generation back end

features are implemented.  The intention is to add features incrementally

until most features of the GCC back end are implemented in treelang.

The main features missing are structures, arrays and pointers.

A sample program follows:

@smallexample

// @r{function prototypes}

// @r{function 'add' taking two ints and returning an int}

external_definition int add(int arg1, int arg2);

external_definition int subtract(int arg3, int arg4);

external_definition int first_nonzero(int arg5, int arg6);

external_definition int double_plus_one(int arg7);

// @r{function definition}

add

@{

  // @r{return the sum of arg1 and arg2}

  return arg1 + arg2;

@}

subtract

@{

  return arg3 - arg4;

@}

double_plus_one

@{

  // @r{aaa is a variable, of type integer and allocated at the start of}

  // @r{the function}

  automatic int aaa;

  // @r{set aaa to the value returned from add, when passed arg7 and arg7 as}

  // @r{the two parameters}

  aaa=add(arg7, arg7);

  aaa=add(aaa, aaa);

  aaa=subtract(subtract(aaa, arg7), arg7) + 1;

  return aaa;

@}

first_nonzero

@{

  // @r{C-like if statement}

  if (arg5)

    @{

      return arg5;

    @}

  else

    @{

    @}

  return arg6;

@}

@end smallexample

@node Lexical Syntax, Parsing Syntax, What is GNU Treelang?, Top

@chapter Lexical Syntax

@cindex Lexical Syntax

Treelang programs consist of whitespace, comments, keywords and names.

@itemize @bullet

@item

Whitespace consists of the space character, a tab, and the end of line

character.  Line terminations are as defined by the

standard C library.  Whitespace is ignored except within comments,

and where it separates parts of the program.  In the example below, A and

B are two separate names separated by whitespace.

@smallexample

A B

@end smallexample

@item

Comments consist of @samp{//} followed by any characters up to the end

of the line.  C style comments (/* */) are not supported.  For example,

the assignment below is followed by a not very helpful comment.

@smallexample

x = 1; // @r{Set X to 1}

@end smallexample

@item

Keywords consist of any of the following reserved words or symbols:

@itemize @bullet

@item @{

used to start the statements in a function

@item @}

used to end the statements in a function

@item (

start list of function arguments, or to change the precedence of operators in

an expression

@item )

end list or prioritized operators in expression

@item ,

used to separate parameters in a function prototype or in a function call

@item ;

used to end a statement

@item +

addition, or unary plus for signed literals

@item -

subtraction, or unary minus for signed literals

@item =

assignment

@item ==

equality test

@item if

begin IF statement

@item else

begin 'else' portion of IF statement

@item static

indicate variable is permanent, or function has file scope only

@item automatic

indicate that variable is allocated for the life of the current scope

@item external_reference

indicate that variable or function is defined in another file

@item external_definition

indicate that variable or function is to be accessible from other files

@item int

variable is an integer (same as C int)

@item char

variable is a character (same as C char)

@item unsigned

variable is unsigned. If this is not present, the variable is signed

@item return

start function return statement

@item void

used as function type to indicate function returns nothing

@end itemize

@item

Names consist of any letter or "_" followed by any number of letters,

numbers, or "_".  "$" is not allowed in a name.  All names must be globally

unique, i.e. may not be used twice in any context, and must

not be a keyword.  Names and keywords are case sensitive.  For example:

@smallexample

a A _a a_ IF_X

@end smallexample

are all different names.

@end itemize

@node Parsing Syntax, Compiler Overview, Lexical Syntax, Top

@chapter Parsing Syntax

@cindex Parsing Syntax

Declarations are built up from the lexical elements described above.  A

file may contain one of more declarations.

@itemize @bullet

@item

declaration: variable declaration OR function prototype OR function declaration

@item

Function Prototype: storage type NAME ( optional_parameter_list )

@smallexample

static int add (int a, int b)

@end smallexample

@item

variable_declaration: storage type NAME initial;

Example:

@smallexample

int temp1 = 1;

@end smallexample

A variable declaration can be outside a function, or at the start of a

function.

@item

storage: automatic OR static OR external_reference OR external_definition

This defines the scope, duration and visibility of a function or variable

@enumerate 1

@item

automatic: This means a variable is allocated at start of the current scope and

released when the current scope is exited.  This can only be used for variables

within functions.  It cannot be used for functions.

@item

static: This means a variable is allocated at start of program and

remains allocated until the program as a whole ends.  For a function, it

means that the function is only visible within the current file.

@item

external_definition: For a variable, which must be defined outside a

function, it means that the variable is visible from other files.  For a

function, it means that the function is visible from another file.

@item

external_reference: For a variable, which must be defined outside a

function, it means that the variable is defined in another file.  For a

function, it means that the function is defined in another file.

@end enumerate

@item

type: int OR unsigned int OR char OR unsigned char OR void

This defines the data type of a variable or the return type of a function.

@enumerate a

@item

int: The variable is a signed integer.  The function returns a signed integer.

@item

unsigned int: The variable is an unsigned integer.  The function returns an unsigned integer.

@item

char: The variable is a signed character.  The function returns a signed character.

@item

unsigned char: The variable is an unsigned character.  The function returns an unsigned character.

@end enumerate

@item

parameter_list OR parameter [, parameter]...

@item

parameter: variable_declaration ,

The variable declarations must not have initializations.

@item

initial: = value

@item

value: integer_constant

Values without a unary plus or minus are considered to be unsigned.

@smallexample

e.g.@: 1 +2 -3

@end smallexample

@item

function_declaration: name @{ variable_declarations statements @}

A function consists of the function name then the declarations (if any)

and statements (if any) within one pair of braces.

The details of the function arguments come from the function

prototype.  The function prototype must precede the function declaration

in the file.

@item

statement: if_statement OR expression_statement OR return_statement

@item

if_statement: if ( expression ) @{ variable_declarations statements @}

else @{ variable_declarations statements @}

The first lot of statements is executed if the expression is

nonzero.  Otherwise the second lot of statements is executed.  Either

list of statements may be empty, but both sets of braces and the else must be present.

@smallexample

if (a==b)

@{

// @r{nothing}

@}

else

@{

a=b;

@}

@end smallexample

@item

expression_statement: expression;

The expression is executed, including any side effects.

@item

return_statement: return expression_opt;

Returns from the function. If the function is void, the expression must

be absent, and if the function is not void the expression must be

present.

@item

expression: variable OR integer_constant OR expression + expression

OR expression - expression OR expression == expression OR ( expression )

OR variable = expression OR function_call

An expression can be a constant or a variable reference or a

function_call.  Expressions can be combined as a sum of two expressions

or the difference of two expressions, or an equality test of two

expressions.  An assignment is also an expression.  Expressions and operator

precedence work as in C.

@item

function_call: function_name ( optional_comma_separated_expressions )

This invokes the function, passing to it the values of the expressions

as actual parameters.

@end itemize

@cindex compilers

@node Compiler Overview, TREELANG and GCC, Parsing Syntax, Top

@chapter Compiler Overview

treelang is run as part of the GCC compiler.

@itemize @bullet

@cindex source code

@cindex file, source

@cindex code, source

@cindex source file

@item

It reads a user's program, stored in a file and containing instructions

written in the appropriate language (Treelang, C, and so on).  This file

contains @dfn{source code}.

@cindex translation of user programs

@cindex machine code

@cindex code, machine

@cindex mistakes

@item

It translates the user's program into instructions a computer can carry

out more quickly than it takes to translate the instructions in the

first place.  These instructions are called @dfn{machine code}---code

designed to be efficiently translated and processed by a machine such as

a computer.  Humans usually aren't as good writing machine code as they

are at writing Treelang or C, because it is easy to make tiny mistakes

writing machine code.  When writing Treelang or C, it is easy to make

big mistakes. But you can only make one mistake, because the compiler

stops after it finds any problem.

@cindex debugger

@cindex bugs, finding

@cindex @code{gdb}, command

@cindex commands, @code{gdb}

@item

It provides information in the generated machine code

that can make it easier to find bugs in the program

(using a debugging tool, called a @dfn{debugger},

such as @code{gdb}).

@cindex libraries

@cindex linking

@cindex @code{ld} command

@cindex commands, @code{ld}

@item

It locates and gathers machine code already generated to perform actions

requested by statements in the user's program.  This machine code is

organized into @dfn{libraries} and is located and gathered during the

@dfn{link} phase of the compilation process.  (Linking often is thought

of as a separate step, because it can be directly invoked via the

@code{ld} command.  However, the @code{gcc} command, as with most

compiler commands, automatically performs the linking step by calling on

@code{ld} directly, unless asked to not do so by the user.)

@cindex language, incorrect use of

@cindex incorrect use of language

@item

It attempts to diagnose cases where the user's program contains

incorrect usages of the language.  The @dfn{diagnostics} produced by the

compiler indicate the problem and the location in the user's source file

where the problem was first noticed.  The user can use this information

to locate and fix the problem.

The compiler stops after the first error.  There are no plans to fix

this, ever, as it would vastly complicate the implementation of treelang

to little or no benefit.

@cindex diagnostics, incorrect

@cindex incorrect diagnostics

@cindex error messages, incorrect

@cindex incorrect error messages

(Sometimes an incorrect usage of the language leads to a situation where

the compiler can not make any sense of what it reads---while a human

might be able to---and thus ends up complaining about an incorrect

``problem'' it encounters that, in fact, reflects a misunderstanding of

the programmer's intention.)

@cindex warnings

@cindex questionable instructions

@item

There are a few warnings in treelang.  For example an unused static function

generate a warnings when -Wunused-function is specified, similarly an unused

static variable generates a warning when -Wunused-variable are specified.

The only treelang specific warning is a warning when an expression is in a

return statement for functions that return void.

@end itemize

@cindex components of treelang

@cindex @code{treelang}, components of

@code{treelang} consists of several components:

@cindex @code{gcc}, command

@cindex commands, @code{gcc}

@itemize @bullet

@item

A modified version of the @code{gcc} command, which also might be

installed as the system's @code{cc} command.

(In many cases, @code{cc} refers to the

system's ``native'' C compiler, which

might be a non-GNU compiler, or an older version

of @code{GCC} considered more stable or that is

used to build the operating system kernel.)

@cindex @code{treelang}, command

@cindex commands, @code{treelang}

@item

The @code{treelang} command itself.

@item

The @code{libc} run-time library.  This library contains the machine

code needed to support capabilities of the Treelang language that are

not directly provided by the machine code generated by the

@code{treelang} compilation phase.  This is the same library that the

main C compiler uses (libc).

@cindex @code{tree1}, program

@cindex programs, @code{tree1}

@cindex assembler

@cindex @code{as} command

@cindex commands, @code{as}

@cindex assembly code

@cindex code, assembly

@item

The compiler itself, is internally named @code{tree1}.

Note that @code{tree1} does not generate machine code directly---it

generates @dfn{assembly code} that is a more readable form

of machine code, leaving the conversion to actual machine code

to an @dfn{assembler}, usually named @code{as}.

@end itemize

@code{GCC} is often thought of as ``the C compiler'' only,

but it does more than that.

Based on command-line options and the names given for files

on the command line, @code{gcc} determines which actions to perform, including

preprocessing, compiling (in a variety of possible languages), assembling,

and linking.

@cindex driver, gcc command as

@cindex @code{gcc}, command as driver

@cindex executable file

@cindex files, executable

@cindex cc1 program

@cindex programs, cc1

@cindex preprocessor

@cindex cpp program

@cindex programs, cpp

For example, the command @samp{gcc foo.c} @dfn{drives} the file

@file{foo.c} through the preprocessor @code{cpp}, then

the C compiler (internally named

@code{cc1}), then the assembler (usually @code{as}), then the linker

(@code{ld}), producing an executable program named @file{a.out} (on

UNIX systems).

@cindex treelang program

@cindex programs, treelang

As another example, the command @samp{gcc foo.tree} would do much the

same as @samp{gcc foo.c}, but instead of using the C compiler named

@code{cc1}, @code{gcc} would use the treelang compiler (named

@code{tree1}). However there is no preprocessor for treelang.

@cindex @code{tree1}, program

@cindex programs, @code{tree1}

In a GNU Treelang installation, @code{gcc} recognizes Treelang source

files by name just like it does C and C++ source files.  It knows to use

the Treelang compiler named @code{tree1}, instead of @code{cc1} or

@code{cc1plus}, to compile Treelang files.  If a file's name ends in

@code{.tree} then GCC knows that the program is written in treelang.  You

can also manually override the language.

@cindex @code{gcc}, not recognizing Treelang source

@cindex unrecognized file format

@cindex file format not recognized

Non-Treelang-related operation of @code{gcc} is generally

unaffected by installing the GNU Treelang version of @code{gcc}.

However, without the installed version of @code{gcc} being the

GNU Treelang version, @code{gcc} will not be able to compile

and link Treelang programs.

@cindex printing version information

@cindex version information, printing

The command @samp{gcc -v x.tree} where @samp{x.tree} is a file which

must exist but whose contents are ignored, is a quick way to display

version information for the various programs used to compile a typical

Treelang source file.

The @code{tree1} program represents most of what is unique to GNU

Treelang; @code{tree1} is a combination of two rather large chunks of

code.

@cindex GCC Back End (GBE)

@cindex GBE

@cindex @code{GCC}, back end

@cindex back end, GCC

@cindex code generator

One chunk is the so-called @dfn{GNU Back End}, or GBE,

which knows how to generate fast code for a wide variety of processors.

The same GBE is used by the C, C++, and Treelang compiler programs @code{cc1},

@code{cc1plus}, and @code{tree1}, plus others.

Often the GBE is referred to as the ``GCC back end'' or

even just ``GCC''---in this manual, the term GBE is used

whenever the distinction is important.

@cindex GNU Treelang Front End (TFE)

@cindex tree1

@cindex @code{treelang}, front end

@cindex front end, @code{treelang}

The other chunk of @code{tree1} is the majority of what is unique about

GNU Treelang---the code that knows how to interpret Treelang programs to

determine what they are intending to do, and then communicate that

knowledge to the GBE for actual compilation of those programs.  This

chunk is called the @dfn{Treelang Front End} (TFE).  The @code{cc1} and

@code{cc1plus} programs have their own front ends, for the C and C++

languages, respectively.  These fronts ends are responsible for

diagnosing incorrect usage of their respective languages by the programs

the process, and are responsible for most of the warnings about

questionable constructs as well.  (The GBE in principle handles

producing some warnings, like those concerning possible references to

undefined variables, but these warnings should not occur in treelang

programs as the front end is meant to pick them up first).

Because so much is shared among the compilers for various languages,

much of the behavior and many of the user-selectable options for these

compilers are similar.

For example, diagnostics (error messages and

warnings) are similar in appearance; command-line

options like @samp{-Wall} have generally similar effects; and the quality

of generated code (in terms of speed and size) is roughly similar

(since that work is done by the shared GBE).

@node TREELANG and GCC, Compiler, Compiler Overview, Top

@chapter Compile Treelang, C, or Other Programs

@cindex compiling programs

@cindex programs, compiling

@cindex @code{gcc}, command

@cindex commands, @code{gcc}

A GNU Treelang installation includes a modified version of the @code{gcc}

command.

In a non-Treelang installation, @code{gcc} recognizes C, C++,

and Objective-C source files.

In a GNU Treelang installation, @code{gcc} also recognizes Treelang source

files and accepts Treelang-specific command-line options, plus some

command-line options that are designed to cater to Treelang users

but apply to other languages as well.

@xref{G++ and GCC,,Programming Languages Supported by GCC,GCC,Using

the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)},

for information on the way different languages are handled

by the GCC compiler (@code{gcc}).

You can use this, combined with the output of the @samp{gcc -v x.tree}

command to get the options applicable to treelang.  Treelang programs

must end with the suffix @samp{.tree}.

@cindex preprocessor

Treelang programs are not by default run through the C

preprocessor by @code{gcc}. There is no reason why they cannot be run through the

preprocessor manually, but you would need to prevent the preprocessor

from generating #line directives, using the @samp{-P} option, otherwise

tree1 will not accept the input.

@node Compiler, Other Languages, TREELANG and GCC, Top

@chapter The GNU Treelang Compiler

The GNU Treelang compiler, @code{treelang}, supports programs written

in the GNU Treelang language.

@node Other Languages, treelang internals, Compiler, Top

@chapter Other Languages

@menu

* Interoperating with C and C++::

@end menu

@node Interoperating with C and C++,  , Other Languages, Other Languages

@section Tools and advice for interoperating with C and C++

The output of treelang programs looks like C program code to the linker

and everybody else, so you should be able to freely mix treelang and C

(and C++) code, with one proviso.

C promotes small integer types to 'int' when used as function parameters and

return values in non-prototyped functions.  Since treelang has no

non-prototyped functions, the treelang compiler does not do this.

@ifset INTERNALS

@node treelang internals, Open Questions, Other Languages, Top

@chapter treelang internals

@menu

* treelang files::

* treelang compiler interfaces::

* Hints and tips::

@end menu

@node treelang files, treelang compiler interfaces, treelang internals, treelang internals

@section treelang files

To create a compiler that integrates into GCC, you need create many

files.  Some of the files are integrated into the main GCC makefile, to

build the various parts of the compiler and to run the test

suite.  Others are incorporated into various GCC programs such as

@file{gcc.c}.  Finally you must provide the actual programs comprising your