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Re: Checking `gpp' as executable for C++ compiler in 2.52


From: Tim Van Holder
Subject: Re: Checking `gpp' as executable for C++ compiler in 2.52
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 23:07:00 +0200

> Why was `gpp' chosen as a possible executable name for a C++ compiler
> in AC_PROG_CXX (Autoconf 2.52)? This clashes with:
>   http://www.math.polytechnique.fr/cmat/auroux/prog/gpp.html

Because gpp is the name for g++ on DOS (where '+' is illegal in filenames).
This used to be gxx; I'm not sure why this was changed.




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