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@subsection Why the undefined reference to @samp{WinMain@@16}?
-Try adding an empty main() function to one of your sources.
-
-Or, perhaps you have @samp{-lm} too early in the link command line. It
-should be at the end:
+If you're using @samp{gcc}, try adding an empty main() function to one
+of your sources. Or, perhaps you have @samp{-lm} too early in the
+link command line. It should be at the end:
@example
bash$ gcc hello.c -lm
@@ -101,6 +100,12 @@ works, but
This is an artifact of libm.a being a symbolic link to libcygwin.a.
+If you're using GCJ, you need to pass a "--main" flag:
+
+@example
+gcj --main=Hello Hello.java
+@end example
+
@subsection How do I use Win32 API calls?
@strong{(Please note: This section has not yet been updated for the latest