>>>>> Michele Mazza writes: > I need to compile and link my library as a 64bit application on AIX 5.3. > > To run my application using libstdc++ library, do I need to compile and > use a 64bit version of gcc? > Is this the only way? The mode in which GCC runs (32-bit versus 64-bit) is completely unrelated to the ability to compile 64-bit applications on AIX. The 64-bit versions of the relevant GCC libraries need to be installed and available, but a 32-bit GCC compiler is perfectly capable of producing a 64-bit program. David