sorry stupid question.

what's the different between the two of them.

I thought cc = c compiler. gcc = c++ compiler... what is g++..

g++ is the C++ compiler from the gcc "suite" of compilers.


Håkan

Hehe... here we go.

cc is an older compiler. Most often, cc is just a symbolic link to gcc.

Traditionally, gcc (gcc = GNU Compiler Collection) is viewed as the standard C compiler. It is capable of compiling many different languages, depending on what was enabled when the program was created (fortran, lisp, and others are available I believe)

g++ is a C++ compiler.

gcc is supposed to handle C++ code as well, but I've always had problems getting it to accept my source code. I've heard that g++ is a derivative/wrapper for gcc. I haven't reasearched it enough to know for sure, but it would seem likely since they both seem to follow the same format regarding command line options.

IIRC, gcc does handle c++ code, except you'll have to specify c++ library paths and what not. g++ does all this for you automatically.