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+# Compile Commands
+
+My preferred compile commands to quickly look up
+
+## Programming languages
+* **C** - `gcc -std=gnu99 -Werror -Wfatal-errors -Wall -Wpedantic blub.c -o blub`
+    * if necessary, remove `-Wpedantic`, since it warns for features definitely included by using `gnu99` as compiler
+* **C++** - `g++ -Wall -c blob.cpp blub.cpp` -> `g++ -Wall -o blub blob.o blub.o`
+    * `blob.cpp` gets linked (blub.cpp would likely start with something like `#include "blob.h"`)
+
+## Other languages
+* **LaTeX** - `lualatex blub.tex`