In the past month or so at least two people asked about locating
iostream.h under Mandrake. I haven't done any C++ coding and so couldn't
answer their question but it seemed an odd one since, by appearances, LM
installs the standard GNU compilers/libraries. I stuck it on a "check
this out" list I have and that's exactly what I did today.
The results? Well, I'm simply scratching my head - there is no standard
ANSI C++ library to be found. Finding this pretty darn amazing I loaded
up the install and went into expert mode to see I could find. Guess
what? If you click on C++ in the development section you're great by a
msg that says this is GNU C++ ....BUT it does NOT include the ANSI C++
library. What's up with that? What's the point of a C++ compiler without
the standard library?
At the time I felt like Sherlock Holmes; I'd solved a case but it wasn't a
question I was asking :-) Then I went to compile/install Quanta and lo an
behold....error...iostream.h not found (grin).
The plot thickens. I bopped over to GNU.org and can't find anything that
appears to be an ANSI library. What's it called these days? I know they
have one as I used several versions of it when we were all chasing the
definition of that library. But that was on Solaris, not Linux. Can
anyone help? A search name perhaps...preferably for binaries?
Cheers --- Larry
