[techtalk] C++ or Is It GCC or is it g++?

[Jennifer]

a cross compiler is what you need. I think no system should be without gcc,
true becareful cause it can hurt :) *read* the README :) 

On Mon, 04 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Excerpts from linuxchix: 4-Oct-99 [techtalk] C++ or Is It GCC.. by
> MGreen at visionol.net 
> > I'm running Caldera 2.2 at home and discovered that it doesn't have 
> > C++ (or mcedit - which I happen to like - but that's another topic).
> 
> Are you sure?  The caldera web page claims to include egcs which is both
> a c and c++ compiler.  (Do you have a c compiler?)
> 
> If you don't, you can probably get it from your install cd.
> 
> IMO, every linux distribution should install gcc/egcs by default, since
> a) lots of linux software is distributed in source form, b) if the
> package management system breaks, you might have to compile something c)
> it's annoying to get a compiler if you don't already have one, since
> compilers are distributed in source form d) gcc is free, e) gcc is
> smaller than, for example, wordperfect.
> 
> (actually, it's probably possible for a debian user to survive without
> gcc, since the packaging system doesn't break unless you mess with it,
> or install unofficial packages..)
>   
> > For example
> > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/ has a lot of stuff listed and I don't know
> > what I should download!
> 
> If you don't already have a compiler, you don't want any of those, as
> they are source code, which is useless do you if you don't already have
> a compiler.  I'm assuming caldera doesn't have a packaging system.  If
> it does, figure out how to use that, if not, look for it on the cd. 
> 
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