How to Use EGCS?

[Roger Hsu]

Dear sir,
 
I tried to do the following:
1. egcs half_life.cc -o half_life 
2. egcs -v half_life.cc half_life
 
it shows
/usr/egcs: /usr/egcs: cannot execute [Exec format 
error]
 
I was trying to compile a C++ file, what did I do 
wrong?
 
Sincerely,
Roger Hsu
 
 
 
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