site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com On Oct 9, 2008, at 10:20 PM, Steve wrote: g++ is indeed the c++ compiler front end. -- Steve Checkoway "Anyone who says that the solution is to educate the users hasn't ever met an actual user." -- Bruce Schneier _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com I see in /usr/bin there is also a cpp-4.0 and cpp-4.2, I'm assuming these are c++ compilers too? Not quite. cpp is the c preprocessor. You can always read the man page for most of the executables (among other things). For example, try man cpp in the terminal. I see in /usr/bin there is also the g++-4.0 and g++-4.2 also,,,,,,Duh! smime.p7s