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Date:      Sun, 7 Oct 2007 02:56:11 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        James Jeffery <cascadingstylez@googlemail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: C++ Compiler On FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20071006235610.GD4042@kobe.laptop>
In-Reply-To: <972994690710061253q483e26ber68f4716d3202d1fa@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <972994690710061253q483e26ber68f4716d3202d1fa@mail.gmail.com>

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On 2007-10-06 20:53, James Jeffery <cascadingstylez@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Evening to you all (or morning in some parts of the world).
> 
> Im learning C++ from Sams Teach Yourself C++, now many will call this
> a dumb method, and the books pointless and stupid, but i have no
> knowledge of any lower level languages, so i do need to be spoon fed
> the basics.
> 
> Im using Borland C++ compiler on XP and was wondering what compilers
> there are for FreeBSD that would allow me to compile and execute some
> of the examples i will practise from the book.

The base system of FreeBSD includes g++ (the GNU C++ Compiler), and
there are several versions of the GNU C++ compiler in the ports too:

    $ pwd
    /usr/ports/lang
    $ ls -ld gcc[0-9]*
    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  - 512 Sep 21 19:51 gcc28
    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  - 512 Sep 21 19:51 gcc295
    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  - 512 Sep 21 19:51 gcc32
    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  - 512 Sep 21 19:51 gcc33
    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  - 512 Oct  4 18:43 gcc34
    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  - 512 Sep 21 19:51 gcc40
    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  - 512 Oct  2 16:32 gcc41
    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  - 512 Sep 21 19:51 gcc41-withgcjawt
    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  - 512 Oct  2 16:32 gcc42
    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  - 512 Sep 21 19:51 gcc42-withgcjawt
    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  - 512 Oct  2 16:32 gcc43
    $





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