gcc versus g++/c++

gcc versus g++/c++

[Alex Chan]

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Hi,
 
Is there any fundamental differences between gcc and 
g++/c++?
 
When we tried to compile a simple C++ program that uses 
iostream, we needed to include -lstdc++ for gcc but this seems to be 
automatically done for g++. Is this normal?
 
Regards
 
Alex
 

Re: gcc versus g++/c++

[Alexandre Oliva]

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On Apr 21, 2000, "Alex Chan" <alexchan@task.com.hk> wrote:

> When we tried to compile a simple C++ program that uses iostream, we
> needed to include -lstdc++ for gcc but this seems to be
> automatically done for g++. Is this normal?

Yup, that's one of the fundamental differences.  The other is that gcc
will compile a .c file as C, while g++ will compile it as C++.

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