Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 20:41:37 -0700 (PDT)
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To: Jeff Weeks <pweeks AT execulink DOT com>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: Porting C++ programs to Linux (quick question, please help)
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At 03:58  9/11/1997 -0400, 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?
AFAIK, it is the same library. The only C++ lib I know of is GNU's, which
both DJGPP and Linux use. So whatever you can do with it under DJGPP, you
can do under Linux.
>
>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?

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net