From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: C++ won't work!
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 20:52:13 -0800
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Greeny wrote:

> Whenever, I try and use GCC to compile C++ programs, it doesn't find the
> libraries and compile correctly. eg. It will not recognise cout and
> gives me an error. What am I doing wrong?

This has to be by far and away the most common frequently-asked DJGPP
question.

The answer is that you're not linking in the appropriate C++ libraries.
Put -liostream on the link line (before the -o argument) or use gxx instead
of gcc.

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