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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/c++ Makefile
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> Digital Unix does this as well.  IMHO it's bogus, but it does have a 
> pretty substantial precedent. 8(

As does Sun, HP, AT&T (cfront).  Thus most of the commerical Unix's call
their C++ compiler by ``CC''.  None of the ones I looked at had ``c++''.
 
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     gnu/usr.bin/cc/c++   Makefile 
> > >   Log:
> > >   add `CC' as a link to `c++' for compatablity with SGI.