g++

[hannes]

I've a question about something I think is not related to C++. Can someone tell me what g++ is?

[hamsterman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%2B%2B
google it

[S6k9GNh0]

That and G++ is VERY heavily related to C++.

[chrisname]

G++ is a compiler; AFAIK it relies on the existance of GCC; but it does something else with the source. It's a very good compiler... but I generally just use GCC's -lStdc++ flag for C++. That way I can use the same compiler for both.

[Duthomhas]

That's not how the GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) is designed.

There are two general parts to the compiler: the front end, which understands your particular language and transforms it into an internal parse tree, and the back end which converts that parse tree into actual machine code.

Hence, using gcc causes the GCC to use C as the front end.
Using g++ causes the GCC to use C++ as the front end.

The same back end is used either way.

Why not just type "g++" instead of all that extra typing to do it the round-about way?

[helios]

Capitalization is important, people.
GCC: GNU Compiler Collection
gcc: GNU C Compiler
G++: No such thing
g++: GNU C++ compiler

GCC can refer to any or all of the compilers in the suite, so saying "I compiled it with GCC" would mean "it" was compiled with whatever compiler is applicable to the language (assuming only one language was used). gcc, however, refers specifically to the C compiler.

Now I wonder. chrisname: what exactly were you thinking?

[chrisname]

I most probably... wasn't, to be perfectly honest.