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Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 22:10:54 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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Bas Hamstra wrote:
> 
> What is the difference between gcc and gxx?

`gxx' is the same as `gcc ... -lstdcxx'.  It links the C++ library for
you.

Otherwise they are identical.  (In fact gxx is just a small program that
really calls gcc.)
 
> What are for a dos/win user the advantages and disadvantages between:
> 
> -    gcc
> -    gxx
> -    egcs
> -    pgcc

GCC is the standard compiler for DJGPP, so you'll have a larger pool of
people with whom to share experiences.  EGCS is supposedly
"experimental", but it is the anointed successor to GCC, and in my
experience EGCS releases are less buggy than GCC 2.8.1.  C++ support is
also (reputedly-- I don't use C++ much) better.

I haven't heard much about PGCC in a while, and I don't know how alive
the project is these days.  It sounds like EGCS is absorbing a lot of
their ideas.

I would probably do something like: Use gcc, if you have
compiler-related problems try egcs.

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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com