Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 13:12:41 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Chris Mears <chris_mears AT softhome DOT net>
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On Wed, 26 May 1999, Chris Mears wrote:

> > > C:\>gcc hello.cpp -o
> > 
> > This is wrong: it should say "gxx hello.cpp -o hello.exe".  Note the use
> > of gxx and the target file name after -o.
> 
> Why do we use gxx instead of gcc?

Because gcc doesn't instruct the linker to search the C++ libraries, so 
you would need to type their names yourself.  See section 8.7 of the FAQ 
for more details.