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G++ and C++
By hexor, 10 years ago, In English

What is the difference between g++ and c++ command in ubuntu terminal?

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If you have no other installed c++ compilers, there is no difference: c++ is just a symlink to g++.

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bash:~$ readlink -f `which c++`
/usr/bin/g++-4.8
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