Date: Tue, 24 Aug 93 11:49:37 EST
From: GregG <gregg AT dragonsys DOT COM>
To: A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs1 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk, seabrook AT umbc DOT edu,
        djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Help for C++ install

     You can also use "gcc -xc++ <filename>" on a filename with any
extension to force a c++ compilation.  There are other language options to
the -x switch; look in the docs.

     (BTW, the extension is case specific but needn't be strictly
lowercase; in particular, a ".C" extension on a filename passed to gcc on
the command line specifies a c++ file.  This is a handy trick to get gcc to
compile in c++ mode while still having file extensions that other compilers
recognize.)

--Greg Galperin