C program compiled with cygwin in Windows works, segmentation fault under Linux. Is cygwin GCC 'bad'?

Question

For my Programming 102 class we are asked to deliver C code that compiles and runs under Linux. I don\'t have enough spare space on my hard drive to install Linux alongside Wind

Answer 1

Are you making any platform-specific assumptions, like the size of data types, data structure alignment in structs, or endianness?