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1<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
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3<sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
4
5<para>(Last checked against version &gcc-contversion;.)</para>
6
7<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
8
9<para><command>c++filt</command> is used by the linker to demangle C++
10symbols, to keep overloaded functions from clashing.</para>
11
12<para><command>cpp</command> is the C preprocessor. It is used by the
13compiler to have the #include and #define and such statements expanded in
14the source files.</para>
15
16<para><command>g++</command> is the C++ compiler.</para>
17
18<para><command>gcc</command> is the C compiler. It is used to translate
19the source code of a program into assembly code.</para>
20
21<para><command>gccbug</command> is a shell script used to help create
22good bug reports.</para>
23
24<para><command>gcov</command> is a coverage testing tool. It is used to
25analyze programs to find out where optimizations will have the most effect.</para>
26
27</sect3>
28
29<sect3><title>Library file descriptions</title>
30
31<para><command>libgcc*</command> contains run-time support for gcc.</para>
32
33<para><command>libiberty</command> contains routines used by various GNU
34programs, including getopt, obstack, strerror, strtol and strtoul.</para>
35
36<para><command>libstdc++</command> is the standard C++ library. It contains
37many frequently-used functions.</para>
38
39<para><command>libsupc++</command> provides supporting routines
40for the c++ programming language.</para>
41
42</sect3>
43
44</sect2>
45
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