From: aho450s AT nic DOT smsu DOT edu (Tony O'Bryan) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: djgpp (gcc.exe) Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 22:16:21 GMT Organization: Southwest Missouri State University Lines: 13 Message-ID: <33594381.22797087@ursa.smsu.edu> References: <1 DOT 5 DOT 4 DOT 16 DOT 19970418131708 DOT 0adf6e44 AT mail DOT interlog DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: forseti.i133.smsu.edu To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk On Sat, 19 Apr 1997 06:14:26 GMT, jackelope wrote: > gcc -v myfirst.cc -o myfirst.exe > cout << "hello\n"; > >it returns some message saying 'cout is an unrecognized class' Have you downloaded all the necessary files for compiling C++ programs? If not, then get the FAQ and download the necessary files. If you have downloaded all the C++ binaries, then the problem may be that you're using gcc instead of gxx (which automatically links the iostream library.