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On 6/27/2018 4:38 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 12:24:29 -0700, Eric Douglas wrote:
>> Is C++ platform independent?
>>
> It is to the extent that the GNU C compiler is portable because GNU C++
> is essentially just a preprocessor: it generates C, which is then fed to
> the GNU G compiler to produce an executable.

That was how the original C++ compiler cfront worked.

I don't think GNU C++ (g++) works that way.

g++ calls cc1plus, as and collect2.

It does not call cc1.

Arne