GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) is a collection of compilers for various programming languages such as C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Fortran, Ada, D, and Go. GCC is a part of GNU Project. GCC includes gcc and g++ compilers.
The following table provides main differences between gcc and g++ compilers.
| No. | gcc | g++ |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mainly used for compiling programs written in C programming language. | Mainly used for compiling programs written in C++ programming language. |
| 2. | Allows to compile .c and .cpp files and they treated as C and C++ files respectively. | Allows to compile .c and .cpp files and they treated as C++ files by default. |
| 3. | By default, the object files are not linked with the C++ standard library. | Automatically links the object files with the C++ standard library. |
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