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as far as i can see these are c and c++ compilers. is there a diff between them? is one better than the other?...
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    Question cc gcc g++

    as far as i can see these are c and c++ compilers. is there a diff between them? is one better than the other?

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    cc is a C compiler, which nowadays just symlinks to gcc
    gcc is the GNU C compiler, also a frontend to the rest of the GNU compiler collection
    g++ is the GNU C++ compiler

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