From: AndrewJ <luminous-is AT REMOVE DOT home DOT com>
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On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:08:11 -0500, "Lance W. Patterson" <lancep AT bcm DOT tmc DOT edu>
wrote:

>> I'm not exactly sure why, but GCC can no longer be
>> used to compile C++ (???).
>And why was I never notified of this? :)
>
>> replace every occurrence of GCC with GPP and
>If this works, I will have to "bash" my head
>against the wall.

Start bashing.  I've been using GPP to compile a whole bunch of C++ files.
Hmm... even using "gcc -x c++ foo.cc" doesn't work.

Anyone who knows why care to explain?  I thought GCC was supposed to be a front
end to /all/ of the compilers.  I couldn't find an entry for this in the FAQ
list.

-- 
AndrewJ