From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: GCC or GPP? What's the diff?
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 14:36:23 +0200
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Mike Weeks wrote:
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <djgpp AT delorie DOT com> wrote in <Pine.SUN.3.91.1000209092256.9816U-
> 100000 AT is>:
> 
> >The FAQ explains it in the very first section, and again in section
> >8.8.
> 
> The very first section of the FAQ says:
> 
>         - Compile a C++ source `cxxprog.cc' into `cxxprog.exe':
> 
>                 gxx -o cxxprog.exe cxxprog.cc
> 
> I don't see GPP in there anywhere.
> 
> Section 8.8 talks about libraries.  No mention of GPP.

You have an old version of the FAQ, please upgrade.  I was quoting from the
latest version 2.30 (v2/faq230b.zip from the usual DJGPP sites).

> >The file README.1ST (which you were supposed to read-first ;-) also
> >explains this.
> 
> The README.1ST only states that you need GPP*.ZIP to compile C++.  It does not
> mention the use of the GPP command.

It mentions gxx, which is functionally equivalent.