Newbie question.

[Mike Farmer]

Newbie to Linux that is. Please have mercy on a person about to move from
Windows VC++/Borland CBuilder to Linux and hold the flames.

What is the difference between g++ and gcc ??

My new books are split between the two. For a while I thought there was
no difference since "man g++" and "man gcc" seem to bring up the same page.

But, just playing around with a very (VERY) simple main.cpp like this...

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
cout << "Test\n";
return 0;
}

shows that g++ compiles it just fine and gcc chokes on it.

So, they are different - I now know that much. But is one newer than the
other, or are they from parallel GNU developers. Or what?

Thanks
MF

 

[Ioannis Vranos]

Newbie to Linux that is. Please have mercy on a person about to move from
Windows VC++/Borland CBuilder to Linux and hold the flames.

What is the difference between g++ and gcc ??

My new books are split between the two. For a while I thought there was
no difference since "man g++" and "man gcc" seem to bring up the same page.

But, just playing around with a very (VERY) simple main.cpp like this...

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
cout << "Test\n";
return 0;
}

shows that g++ compiles it just fine and gcc chokes on it.

So, they are different - I now know that much. But is one newer than the
other, or are they from parallel GNU developers. Or what?

gcc is the C compiler, g++ is the C++ compiler and the whole compiler
colletion is called GCC. I think it is about time GCC::gcc to be renamed to
GCC::gc.






Ioannis Vranos

 

[Mike Farmer]

gcc is the C compiler, g++ is the C++ compiler and the whole compiler
colletion is called GCC. I think it is about time GCC::gcc to be renamed to
GCC::gc.

It has been so long since I have seen an old C compiler it didn't
even cross my mind that one was still hanging around on Linux.

No wonder GCC choked

Thanks for the info - back to the books.

MF

 

[Victor Bazarov]

[..] I think it is about time GCC::gcc to be renamed to
GCC::gc.

Huh? Why? The second 'c' stands for 'compiler'. I'd
rather see g++ renamed to gcppc.

 

[Ioannis Vranos]

[..] I think it is about time GCC::gcc to be renamed to
GCC::gc.

Huh? Why? The second 'c' stands for 'compiler'. I'd
rather see g++ renamed to gcppc.

Ehehe. GCC means GNU Compiler Collection. gcc on the other hand means gnu c
compiler. So GCC includes gcc, g++, and some of other languages like pascal,
objective-c, etc.






Ioannis Vranos

 

[Christopher Benson-Manica]

It has been so long since I have seen an old C compiler it didn't
even cross my mind that one was still hanging around on Linux.

<ot>Are you kidding? gcc is the heart of Linux - it compiles many,
many Linux applications </ot>