X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <25188895.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <25188895 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:31:43 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Cannot get 'Hello World' to compile From: "Mark J. Reed" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com You named your program with a .c and ran gcc on it. Both of those mean C, which is a different language from C++. A C++ compiler will compile a C program, but not the other way around. Rename your file to end in .cc, .c++, .cpp, or .cxx, your choice (or capital .C if you have case sensitivity turned on), and run "g++" instead of "gcc". -- Mark J. Reed -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple