Chris, Thanks for the response. Any specific reason to not use gcc to compile g++ files? One thing I found was that when creating the final binary, g++ needs to be used. Else it does not link in the correct libraries. But for just generating .o from a .cpp file, does the use of gcc/g++ make any difference. Sampath. -----Original Message----- From: random@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:random@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:21 PM To: Sampath Kumar Herga Cc: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Gcc/g++ Sampath Kumar Herga wrote: > Hi, > >I am new to this group and had a very basic question. What is the >difference between gcc and g++ when compiling c++ files. > Short version: Don't use gcc to compile c++ files unless you know what you are doing :) >Also if we have >a mix of c and c++ files in a project, which is the better compiler to >use? > > > If you C files are also valid C++ (which there is a good chance there will be, espically if they are well written), it would be easiest to compile them all as C++. If you can't / don't want to do this, you'll have to use the "extern C" notation to mark any functions called from, or defined in, a C file. >Please let me know if this is not the correct mailing-list for this >question. > > > I'm fairly sure it is :) Chris
