comments dont compile

[LLeweLLyn Reese]

"David Paull" <etinaznat@hotmail.com> writes:

> hello, i am porting code from windows to linux gcc
> 
> apparently, gcc 3.2 doesnt know about comments starting with //
> 
> has anyone encountered this problem?
> omg, every comment in the code uses //, and not /* */
> 
> what can i do?!?!?!?

You can read:

gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.2.2/gcc/C-Dialect-Options.html#C%20Dialect%20Options

which tells you which command line arguments disable // coments
    feature (it's on by default, but see -ansi and -pedantic) and
    which commands enable it (see -std=c99)