__gnu_cxx error in OpenSolaris

[asyropoulos@aol.com]

>> And why not have this option as the default to so to discourage or 
even
>> prevent people from
>> using the extensions?
>
>Because not everyone who uses the compiler wants the same settings, so
>changing defaults can't be done lightly.

This is supposed to be the GNU C/C+/ compiler not the compiler of the 
GNU C,
GNU C++, etc. languages, so this is not an answer.

>It's there if you want to use it.

No the standard must the default and the GNUisms the extension not the
other way around. After all, this is exactly what certain big companies 
are doing
and people are blaming them for disrespecting standards...

A.S.