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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:31:43 +0000
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Subject: Re: Cannot get 'Hello World' to compile
From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@gmail.com>
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You named your program with a .c and ran gcc on it. Both of those mean
C, which is a different language from C++.   A C++ compiler will
compile a C program, but not the other way around.

Rename your file to end in .cc, .c++, .cpp, or .cxx, your choice (or
capital .C if you have case sensitivity turned on), and run "g++"
instead of "gcc".


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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com>

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