From: "Davin McCall" <DavMac AT iname DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Strange problem with egcs
Date: 30 Mar 1999 00:26:31 GMT
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Actually, even when using plain gcc, "gxx", "gpp" and "g++" (if using lfn)
are available and all (appear to) do the same thing. I have a feeling that
"gxx" is "g++" renamed for use on 8.3 DOS filename systems, where '+' is an
illegal character for a filename.
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> How do you invoke the egcs c++ compiler? In djgpp I used gxx. It seems I 
> should use gpp now.
> Is this documented somewhere, what did I miss?