Re: Problem with my first program

[Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>]

>------  CODE SNIPPET  -----
>#include <stdio.h>
>extern "C" { #include <lua.h> }

>gcc lua.c -o xlua -llua -llualib
>
>-----  ERROR SNIPPET  -----
>lua.c:2: parse error before string constant
>lua.c:2: syntax error at '#' token

gcc is a C compiler, not C++. Try g++ instead.
--lhf