From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: fstream problems?
Date: 27 Nov 2000 12:41:28 -0800
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thelemur AT nowhere DOT not (Wesel) writes:

> >> gcc -c test.cpp
> >> gcc test.o -o test.exe
> >
> >This should be gxx, not gcc.
> 
> *shrug*  gcc and gxx work much the same I've found, as long as you provide 
> the right libraries.

Correct; gxx is currently just an alias for gcc that includes the
standard C++ libraries.  However, on other systems, gxx (or g++ as the
case may be) knows where to find those libraries, and maybe you
don't.  In the future it might do other magic as well.

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Nate Eldredge
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