C++ support, and in particular template support, is vastly improved over gcc-2.7. G++ 2.8.1 also compiles SGI's offical reference implimentation of the STL. Beware: This port installs new versions of "gcc", "g++", and so forth into the "${PREFIX}/bin" directory. Mind your PATHs if you don't want to use this compiler by default. However, "cc" and "c++" will not be hidden by this port. -- David O'Brien