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Frequently asked questions about the GNU C++ compiler

[by Joe Buck (jbuck@ohm.berkeley.edu) --- February 15, 1993]

Preface

This is a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) for g++ users; thanks to all those who sent suggestions for improvements. Thanks to Marcus Speh for doing the index.

Many FAQ's, including this one, are available on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu, in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. This FAQ may be found in the subdirectory g++-FAQ.

Some information in this FAQ was developed for earlier versions of the compiler and may now be obsolete. Please send corrections.

I'm looking for new questions (with answers), better answers, or both. One thing that's missing is a section on templates and template problems with g++; I'm looking for contributions on this score. You can mail comments, suggestions, flames, etc. to jbuck@synopsys.com. Please don't assume, though, that because my name is on this thing that I am the world expert on g++/C++ and you should mail all your tricky questions to me. I'd like to be helpful but I'm getting more of this than I can deal with lately. Also please don't assume that I am an official spokesman for g++, FSF, or Cygnus; I'm not.

This FAQ is intended to supplement, not replace, Marshall Cline's excellent FAQ for the C++ language and for the newsgroup comp.lang.c++. Especially if g++ is the first C++ compiler you've ever used, the question "How do I do <X> with g++?" is probably really "How do I do <X> in C++?". You can obtain the C++ FAQ by anonymous FTP from sun.soe.clarkson.edu [128.153.12.3], in the file ~ftp/pub/C++/FAQ. (There is also a mail server for that FAQ, but it seems to be broken).

Frequently asked questions about the GNU C++ compiler

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