haveacompiler
=============

detect if you have a C compiler.



Calling Sequence
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::

    bOK=haveacompiler()




Arguments
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:bOK returns %T a C compiler has been found.
:



Description
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Detect if a C compiler is available on the system.

Please note that due to the multi vendors aspect in the Unix world
(Mac OS X, Unix or various GNU/Linux distributions), this function
always returns True for these operating system.



Examples
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::

    bOK = haveacompiler();




See Also
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+ `supported compilers`_ supported and compatible compilers by Scilab
+ `findmsvccompiler`_ detects Microsoft C Compiler


.. _findmsvccompiler: findmsvccompiler.html
.. _supported compilers: supported_compilers.html