Support .a output files
#868
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This makes it easy to sprinkle a little bit of Jou code into a project written in C. If you do
-o foo.awhen compiling Jou code,foo.awill contain object files for your program and whatever it uses from the Jou standard library.For example, I placed this to
test.jou:And compiled it to
.aand gave that to a C compiler:Here's what ended up in the
.afile:If the Jou code contains
linkstatements, you will need to specify the corresponding flags when compiling the.afile with a C compiler:Fixes #773