Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 12:35:48 +0800 (GMT)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT dilnet DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To: Jeff Weeks <pweeks AT execulink DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Porting C++ programs to Linux (quick question, please help)
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On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Jeff Weeks wrote:

> Okay here's a quick one:
> 
> DJGPP has a free C++ lib (with iostream, etc), does Linux have the
> same?  I know Linux HAS cout and all that, but can commercial programs
> be built upon it?
> 
> To paraphraze:
> 
> I'm writting a program which uses C++ functions from only fstream.h and
> iostream.h, can this be ported to Linux and still be sold commercially?

I don't know. The C++ functionality in DJGPP and Linux are the same. But
Star Division (www.stardiv.de) has released a commercial office suite
(StarOffice) which has a Linux version, and uses C++.
 
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