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Whenever this is the case, we discuss those languages 78together. 79</p> 80<a name="index-C_002b_002b"></a> 81<a name="index-g_002b_002b_002c-GNU-C_002b_002b-compiler"></a> 82<a name="index-GNU-C_002b_002b"></a> 83<p>The C<tt>++</tt> debugging facilities are jointly implemented by the C<tt>++</tt> 84compiler and <small>GDB</small>. Therefore, to debug your C<tt>++</tt> code 85effectively, you must compile your C<tt>++</tt> programs with a supported 86C<tt>++</tt> compiler, such as <small>GNU</small> <code>g++</code>, or the HP ANSI C<tt>++</tt> 87compiler (<code>aCC</code>). 88</p> 89<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> 90<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="C-Operators.html#C-Operators" accesskey="1">C Operators</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">C and C<tt>++</tt> operators 91</td></tr> 92<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="C-Constants.html#C-Constants" accesskey="2">C Constants</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">C and C<tt>++</tt> constants 93</td></tr> 94<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="C-Plus-Plus-Expressions.html#C-Plus-Plus-Expressions" accesskey="3">C Plus Plus Expressions</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">C<tt>++</tt> expressions 95</td></tr> 96<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="C-Defaults.html#C-Defaults" accesskey="4">C Defaults</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Default settings for C and C<tt>++</tt> 97</td></tr> 98<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="C-Checks.html#C-Checks" accesskey="5">C Checks</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">C and C<tt>++</tt> type and range checks 99</td></tr> 100<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Debugging-C.html#Debugging-C" accesskey="6">Debugging C</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"><small>GDB</small> and C 101</td></tr> 102<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Debugging-C-Plus-Plus.html#Debugging-C-Plus-Plus" accesskey="7">Debugging C Plus Plus</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"><small>GDB</small> features for C<tt>++</tt> 103</td></tr> 104<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Decimal-Floating-Point.html#Decimal-Floating-Point" accesskey="8">Decimal Floating Point</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Numbers in Decimal Floating Point format 105</td></tr> 106</table> 107 108 109 110 111</body> 112</html> 113