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<title>Contents</title>
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<para>
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The GCC package contains compilers, preprocessors and the GNU C++
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Library.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2><title>Description</title>
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<sect3><title>Compiler</title>
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<para>
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A compiler translates source code in text format to a format
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that a computer understands. After a source code file is compiled into
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an object file, a linker will create an executable file from one or more
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of these compiler generated object files.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>Pre-processor</title>
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<para>
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A pre-processor pre-processes a source file, such as including
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the contents of header files into the source file. You generally don't
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do this yourself to save yourself a lot of time. You just insert a line
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like #include <filename>. The pre-processor file insert the
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contents of that file into the source file. That's one of the things a
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pre-processor does.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>C++ Library</title>
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<para>
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The C++ library is used by C++ programs. The C++ library contains
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functions that are frequently used in C++ programs. This way the
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programmer doesn't have to write certain functions (such as writing a
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string of text to the screen) from scratch every time he creates a
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program.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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