g++ and gcc are almost the same 

Forum: U Chicago, Com Sci 221 old messages, autumn 2000
Re: Suggestion to Computing Resources/Access to Facilities & Software (Michael C. Brizic)
Date: 2000, Sep 27
From: Mike O'Donnell <odonnell@cs.uchicago.edu>

g++ and gcc are really the same compiler. They have somewhat different default conventions for linking. I can't remember why we listed gcc. You can use either one. Mike O'D.

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