minor gcc2->gcc3 migration nit

Richard Kenner kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu
Thu Apr 22 11:54:00 GMT 2004


    > Sometimes people want to link c++ programs by invoking gcc instead
    > of g++.

    For the record, those people are goofballs.  It's like wanting to
    steer a car, but instead of using the steering wheel, they want to
    grab hold of the axles with their bare hands.

    Use g++.  That's what it's there for.  :-)

It's not that simple.  If we say that you have to use the "appropriate"
program instead of "gcc" for linking language X and a different one for
linking language Y, what happens if you have a program that uses *both*
languages X and Y?  Both can't get their way.

That's why "gcc" is designed to be language-independent.



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