Difference between g++ and c++?

[Joachim Backes]

Hi,

In F12, I installed gcc-c++, containing /usr/bin/g++ and /usr/bin/c++: 
comparing both, getting the result: these files are identical. Why then 
c++ is not a link to g++? Are there important philosophical or 
historical reasons?

ls -l /usr/bin/c++ /usr/bin/g++
-rwxr-xr-x 4 root root 235972 2009-12-22 13:57 /usr/bin/c++
-rwxr-xr-x 4 root root 235972 2009-12-22 13:57 /usr/bin/g++

diff /usr/bin/c++ /usr/bin/g++ && echo files are identical
files are identical

Regards
-- 
Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>

http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes

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