Re: [Mingw-users] Basic doubts with gcc

[Greg C. <chi...@mi...>]

Peter Barada wrote:
> 
[georgebezerra wrote:]
> >The main problem is the command "cout" that does not belong to the C
> >language, but to the C++ one. Therefore, I think I cannot use the
> >same basic command line: gcc -o hello.exe hello.c, that I used to use
> >on C programs.
> 
> Try renaming hello.c to hello.cc, that way GCC will think its a C++
> program.

Then it would compile OK, but wouldn't link. The easiest way is to use
'g++' instead. That links the right libraries for C++ automatically.