... for Linux. You couldspecify the compiler from the Portland Group, pgcc, by replacing the CC=gcc assignmentwith CC=pgcc. If you do not assign a value to the CC macro, it defaults to gcc under Linux. The ... development tools, the Linux operating system provides an outstandingenvironment for programming. C is one of the most popular system programming languages to use inconjunction with Linux, in part ... the portability of Linux tools.For example, as an applications programmer, you can rely on the read and write system calls working thesame way on different versions of the Linux system and on...