GCC vs. G : Why Use G for C Compilation?

Compiling C with GCC and the Difference Between GCC and G

While GCC is known for compiling C programs, it can also compile C code. The errors encountered when attempting to compile info.c using "gcc info.C" are not compiler errors but linker errors.

To resolve the linking issue, it is necessary to add the "-lstdc " flag to the compilation command:

gcc info.C -lstdc++

This tells the linker to link the program against the standard C library.

However, for simplicity, it is recommended to use g for compiling C programs.

Difference Between GCC and G

As explained by Rup in a comment on another answer:

• Both gcc and g choose the appropriate back-end compiler based on the file extension (.c or .cc).
• gcc links against the standard C and GCC helper libraries by default, regardless of input language.
• g includes libstdc in its link step, regardless of input language.
• g compiles all C source (.c) as C .

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