Compiling C to MIPS

Does anyone know how to compile C to MIPS? I've tried changing the target with gcc but I get this error:

# gcc --target=mips sort.c -o sort.s
cc1: warning: command line option "-ftarget=mips" is valid for Java but not for C

Any ideas?

Why aren't you compiling from c++, c is old fashioned and only used by people scared of learning.