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For financial reasons we are considering switching from the Sun 2.1 C++ compiler to
GNU's g++.  I have already obtained release 2.3.3 of gcc, built it, and am beginning
to run our massive C++ library through it.  However I have a couple of questions for
the net:

	1.  How do I build shared libraries with g++? I tried the -shared switch but
	     it tells me that it doesn't recognize that option.

	2.  Aside from the obvious financial benefits of g++, can any of you former
	 Sun C++ users inform me of the benefits/drawbacks to switching to g++.

	3.  I understand that g++ supports templates.  Where exactly is the 
	  documentation for how to create template classes?  The only temmplate
	  implementation which I am familiar with is ODI's compiler. 

Thanks in advance for your responses,

Rudy G. Bonefas (RGB - graphics is my middle name)