From: fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU (Fergus Henderson) Subject: Re: Gcc compiler b18 newbie probs 11 Dec 1997 04:23:47 -0800 Message-ID: <19971211212021.46772.cygnus.gnu-win32@murlibobo.cs.mu.OZ.AU> References: <19971210220223 DOT 5992 DOT qmail AT hotmail DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: Cygnus GNU-win32 mailing list Earnie Boyd wrote: > > > >To: Rich Dorfman > >Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > >Subject: Re: Gcc compiler b18 newbie probs > >Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 09:40:38 -0600 > >From: Mumit Khan > > > >Rule-of-thumb, especially for new users: > > > > - use the right compiler driver to compile/link programs. For C > programs, > > use gcc, for C++ use c++ and for F77 use g77. > > ^^^ shouldn't this be g++ Depends on what you want to link in. `c++' just links in the standard C++ libraries, I think. `g++' also links in libg++. > gcc will (or so it is documented to do so) determine if the code is C++. > Also file extensions are used to determine C vs C++. The cygwin gcc > will compile a file named hello.c as C if you type > > gcc -c hello.c > > It will compile it as C++ if you type > > gcc -c hello.C Yes, it will _compile_ it as C++, but if you do `gcc hello.C' it will still _link_ it as if it were C (that is, it won't link in the C++ libraries). -- Fergus Henderson | "I have always known that the pursuit WWW: | of excellence is a lethal habit" PGP: finger fjh AT 128 DOT 250 DOT 37 DOT 3 | -- the last words of T. S. Garp. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".