# HG changeset patch
# User erikj
# Date 1328516062 -3600
# Node ID 719f7007c8e8d2610624045e98b1282ec052294d
# Parent  c77d473e71f771cdfd8b6521574a1c5a42b0db9e
7141242: build-infra merge: Rename CPP->CXX and LINK->LD
Summary: Cleaned up make variables for compilers and linker to consistently use CXX for C++ compiler, CC for C compiler and LD for linker.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, ohrstrom

diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/bsd/makefiles/adlc.make
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/adlc.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/adlc.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@
 INCLUDES += $(Src_Dirs_I:%=-I%)
 
 # set flags for adlc compilation
-CPPFLAGS = $(SYSDEFS) $(INCLUDES)
+CXXFLAGS = $(SYSDEFS) $(INCLUDES)
 
 # Force assertions on.
-CPPFLAGS += -DASSERT
+CXXFLAGS += -DASSERT
 
 # CFLAGS_WARN holds compiler options to suppress/enable warnings.
 # Compiler warnings are treated as errors
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 
 $(EXEC) : $(OBJECTS)
 	@echo Making adlc
-	$(QUIETLY) $(HOST.LINK_NOPROF.CC) -o $(EXEC) $(OBJECTS)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(HOST.LINK_NOPROF.CXX) -o $(EXEC) $(OBJECTS)
 
 # Random dependencies:
 $(OBJECTS): opcodes.hpp classes.hpp adlc.hpp adlcVMDeps.hpp adlparse.hpp archDesc.hpp arena.hpp dict2.hpp filebuff.hpp forms.hpp formsopt.hpp formssel.hpp
@@ -213,14 +213,14 @@
 $(OUTDIR)/%.o: %.cpp
 	@echo Compiling $<
 	$(QUIETLY) $(REMOVE_TARGET)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(HOST.COMPILE.CC) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(HOST.COMPILE.CXX) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
 
 # Some object files are given a prefix, to disambiguate
 # them from objects of the same name built for the VM.
 $(OUTDIR)/adlc-%.o: %.cpp
 	@echo Compiling $<
 	$(QUIETLY) $(REMOVE_TARGET)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(HOST.COMPILE.CC) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(HOST.COMPILE.CXX) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
 
 # #########################################################################
 
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/bsd/makefiles/dtrace.make
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/dtrace.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/dtrace.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@
 
 lib$(GENOFFS).dylib: $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(GENOFFS).cpp $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(GENOFFS).h \
                   $(LIBJVM.o)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(CCC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(GENOFFS_CFLAGS) $(SHARED_FLAG) $(PICFLAG) \
+	$(QUIETLY) $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(GENOFFS_CFLAGS) $(SHARED_FLAG) $(PICFLAG) \
 		 $(LFLAGS_GENOFFS) -o $@ $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(GENOFFS).cpp -ljvm
 
 $(GENOFFS): $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(GENOFFS)Main.c lib$(GENOFFS).dylib
-	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK.CC) -o $@ $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(GENOFFS)Main.c \
+	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK.CXX) -o $@ $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(GENOFFS)Main.c \
 		./lib$(GENOFFS).dylib
 
 # $@.tmp is created first to avoid an empty $(JVMOFFS).h if an error occurs.
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 	fi
 
 $(JVMOFFS.o): $(JVMOFFS).h $(JVMOFFS).cpp 
-	$(QUIETLY) $(CCC) -c -I. -o $@ $(ARCHFLAG) -D$(TYPE) $(JVMOFFS).cpp
+	$(QUIETLY) $(CXX) -c -I. -o $@ $(ARCHFLAG) -D$(TYPE) $(JVMOFFS).cpp
 
 $(LIBJVM_DB): $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DB).c $(JVMOFFS.o) $(XLIBJVM_DB) $(LIBJVM_DB_MAPFILE)
 	@echo Making $@
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/bsd/makefiles/gcc.make
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/gcc.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/gcc.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -25,20 +25,19 @@
 OS_VENDOR = $(shell uname -s)
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# CC, CPP & AS
+# CC, CXX & AS
 
 # When cross-compiling the ALT_COMPILER_PATH points
 # to the cross-compilation toolset
 ifdef CROSS_COMPILE_ARCH
- CPP = $(ALT_COMPILER_PATH)/g++
+ CXX = $(ALT_COMPILER_PATH)/g++
  CC  = $(ALT_COMPILER_PATH)/gcc
- HOSTCPP = g++
+ HOSTCXX = g++
  HOSTCC  = gcc
 else ifneq ($(OS_VENDOR), Darwin)
  CXX = g++
- CPP = $(CXX)
  CC  = gcc
- HOSTCPP = $(CPP)
+ HOSTCXX = $(CXX)
  HOSTCC  = $(CC)
 endif
 
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@
   ifeq ($(origin CC), default)
    CC  = llvm-gcc
   endif
-  CPP  = $(CXX)
 
   ifeq ($(ARCH), i486)
   LLVM_SUPPORTS_STACKREALIGN := $(shell \
@@ -67,11 +65,11 @@
     CXX32 ?= g++-4.0
     CC32  ?= gcc-4.0
   endif
-  CPP = $(CXX32)
+  CXX = $(CXX32)
   CC  = $(CC32)
   endif
 
-  HOSTCPP = $(CPP)
+  HOSTCXX = $(CXX)
   HOSTCC  = $(CC)
 endif
 
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/bsd/makefiles/launcher.make
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/launcher.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/launcher.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@
   LIBS_LAUNCHER             += -l$(JVM) $(LIBS)
 endif
 
-LINK_LAUNCHER = $(LINK.c)
+LINK_LAUNCHER = $(LINK.CC)
 
-LINK_LAUNCHER/PRE_HOOK  = $(LINK_LIB.CC/PRE_HOOK)
-LINK_LAUNCHER/POST_HOOK = $(LINK_LIB.CC/POST_HOOK)
+LINK_LAUNCHER/PRE_HOOK  = $(LINK_LIB.CXX/PRE_HOOK)
+LINK_LAUNCHER/POST_HOOK = $(LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK)
 
 LAUNCHER_OUT = launcher
 
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@
 
 $(LAUNCHER_OUT)/%.o: $(LAUNCHERDIR_SHARE)/%.c
 	$(QUIETLY) [ -d $(LAUNCHER_OUT) ] || { mkdir -p $(LAUNCHER_OUT); }
-	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) -g -o $@ -c $< -MMD $(LAUNCHERFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) -g -o $@ -c $< -MMD $(LAUNCHERFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
 
 $(LAUNCHER_OUT)/%.o: $(LAUNCHERDIR)/%.c
 	$(QUIETLY) [ -d $(LAUNCHER_OUT) ] || { mkdir -p $(LAUNCHER_OUT); }
-	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) -g -o $@ -c $< -MMD $(LAUNCHERFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) -g -o $@ -c $< -MMD $(LAUNCHERFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
 
 $(LAUNCHER): $(OBJS) $(LIBJVM) $(LAUNCHER_MAPFILE)
 	$(QUIETLY) echo Linking launcher...
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/bsd/makefiles/product.make
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/product.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/product.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@
 STRIP_AOUT   = $(STRIP) -x $@ || exit 1;
 
 # Don't strip in VM build; JDK build will strip libraries later
-# LINK_LIB.CC/POST_HOOK += $(STRIP_$(LINK_INTO))
+# LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK += $(STRIP_$(LINK_INTO))
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/bsd/makefiles/rules.make
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/rules.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/rules.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -27,52 +27,39 @@
 # Tell make that .cpp is important
 .SUFFIXES: .cpp $(SUFFIXES)
 
-# For now.  Other makefiles use CPP as the c++ compiler, but that should really
-# name the preprocessor.
-ifeq    ($(CCC),)
-CCC             = $(CPP)
-endif
-
 DEMANGLER       = c++filt
 DEMANGLE        = $(DEMANGLER) < $@ > .$@ && mv -f .$@ $@
 
-# $(CC) is the c compiler (cc/gcc), $(CCC) is the c++ compiler (CC/g++).
-C_COMPILE       = $(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
-CC_COMPILE      = $(CCC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
+# $(CC) is the c compiler (cc/gcc), $(CXX) is the c++ compiler (CC/g++).
+CC_COMPILE       = $(CC) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
+CXX_COMPILE      = $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
 
 AS.S            = $(AS) $(ASFLAGS)
 
-COMPILE.c       = $(C_COMPILE) -c
-GENASM.c        = $(C_COMPILE) -S
-LINK.c          = $(CC) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS) $(PROF_AOUT_FLAGS)
-LINK_LIB.c      = $(CC) $(LFLAGS) $(SHARED_FLAG)
-PREPROCESS.c    = $(C_COMPILE) -E
+COMPILE.CC       = $(CC_COMPILE) -c
+GENASM.CC        = $(CC_COMPILE) -S
+LINK.CC          = $(CC) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS) $(PROF_AOUT_FLAGS)
+LINK_LIB.CC      = $(CC) $(LFLAGS) $(SHARED_FLAG)
+PREPROCESS.CC    = $(CC_COMPILE) -E
 
-COMPILE.CC      = $(CC_COMPILE) -c
-GENASM.CC       = $(CC_COMPILE) -S
-LINK.CC         = $(CCC) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS) $(PROF_AOUT_FLAGS)
-LINK_NOPROF.CC  = $(CCC) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS)
-LINK_LIB.CC     = $(CCC) $(LFLAGS) $(SHARED_FLAG)
-PREPROCESS.CC   = $(CC_COMPILE) -E
+COMPILE.CXX      = $(CXX_COMPILE) -c
+GENASM.CXX       = $(CXX_COMPILE) -S
+LINK.CXX         = $(CXX) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS) $(PROF_AOUT_FLAGS)
+LINK_NOPROF.CXX  = $(CXX) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS)
+LINK_LIB.CXX     = $(CXX) $(LFLAGS) $(SHARED_FLAG)
+PREPROCESS.CXX   = $(CXX_COMPILE) -E
 
 # cross compiling the jvm with c2 requires host compilers to build
 # adlc tool
 
-HOST.CC_COMPILE      = $(HOSTCPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
-HOST.COMPILE.CC      = $(HOST.CC_COMPILE) -c
-HOST.LINK_NOPROF.CC  = $(HOSTCPP) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS)
+HOST.CXX_COMPILE      = $(HOSTCXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
+HOST.COMPILE.CXX      = $(HOST.CXX_COMPILE) -c
+HOST.LINK_NOPROF.CXX  = $(HOSTCXX) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS)
 
 
 # Effect of REMOVE_TARGET is to delete out-of-date files during "gnumake -k".
 REMOVE_TARGET   = rm -f $@
 
-# Synonyms.
-COMPILE.cpp     = $(COMPILE.CC)
-GENASM.cpp      = $(GENASM.CC)
-LINK.cpp        = $(LINK.CC)
-LINK_LIB.cpp    = $(LINK_LIB.CC)
-PREPROCESS.cpp  = $(PREPROCESS.CC)
-
 # Note use of ALT_BOOTDIR to explicitly specify location of java and
 # javac; this is the same environment variable used in the J2SE build
 # process for overriding the default spec, which is BOOTDIR.
@@ -161,14 +148,14 @@
 %.o: %.cpp
 	@echo Compiling $<
 	$(QUIETLY) $(REMOVE_TARGET)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(COMPILE.CC) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(COMPILE.CXX) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
 else
 %.o: %.cpp
 	@echo Compiling $<
 	$(QUIETLY) $(REMOVE_TARGET)
 	$(QUIETLY) $(if $(findstring $@, $(NONPIC_OBJ_FILES)), \
-	   $(subst $(VM_PICFLAG), ,$(COMPILE.CC)) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE), \
-	   $(COMPILE.CC) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE))
+	   $(subst $(VM_PICFLAG), ,$(COMPILE.CXX)) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE), \
+	   $(COMPILE.CXX) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE))
 endif
 
 %.o: %.s
@@ -178,13 +165,13 @@
 
 %.s: %.cpp
 	@echo Generating assembly for $<
-	$(QUIETLY) $(GENASM.CC) -o $@ $<
+	$(QUIETLY) $(GENASM.CXX) -o $@ $<
 	$(QUIETLY) $(DEMANGLE) $(COMPILE_DONE)
 
 # Intermediate files (for debugging macros)
 %.i: %.cpp
 	@echo Preprocessing $< to $@
-	$(QUIETLY) $(PREPROCESS.CC) $< > $@ $(COMPILE_DONE)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(PREPROCESS.CXX) $< > $@ $(COMPILE_DONE)
 
 #  Override gnumake built-in rules which do sccs get operations badly.
 #  (They put the checked out code in the current directory, not in the
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/bsd/makefiles/sparcWorks.make
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/sparcWorks.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/sparcWorks.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 #
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# CC, CPP & AS
+# CC, CXX & AS
 
-CPP = CC
+CXX = CC
 CC  = cc
 AS  = $(CC) -c
 
-HOSTCPP = $(CPP)
+HOSTCXX = $(CXX)
 HOSTCC  = $(CC)
 
 ARCHFLAG = $(ARCHFLAG/$(BUILDARCH))
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/bsd/makefiles/vm.make
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/vm.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/vm.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 BUILD_USER    = -DHOTSPOT_BUILD_USER="\"$(HOTSPOT_BUILD_USER)\""
 VM_DISTRO     = -DHOTSPOT_VM_DISTRO="\"$(HOTSPOT_VM_DISTRO)\""
 
-CPPFLAGS =           \
+CXXFLAGS =           \
   ${SYSDEFS}         \
   ${INCLUDES}        \
   ${BUILD_VERSION}   \
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@
 # This is VERY important! The version define must only be supplied to vm_version.o
 # If not, ccache will not re-use the cache at all, since the version string might contain
 # a time and date. 
-vm_version.o: CPPFLAGS += ${JRE_VERSION} 
+vm_version.o: CXXFLAGS += ${JRE_VERSION} 
 
 ifdef DEFAULT_LIBPATH
-CPPFLAGS += -DDEFAULT_LIBPATH="\"$(DEFAULT_LIBPATH)\""
+CXXFLAGS += -DDEFAULT_LIBPATH="\"$(DEFAULT_LIBPATH)\""
 endif
 
 ifndef JAVASE_EMBEDDED
@@ -264,9 +264,9 @@
   ifeq ($(STATIC_CXX), true)
     LFLAGS_VM              += $(STATIC_LIBGCC)
     LIBS_VM                += $(STATIC_STDCXX)
-    LINK_VM                = $(LINK_LIB.c)
+    LINK_VM                = $(LINK_LIB.CC)
   else
-    LINK_VM                = $(LINK_LIB.CC)
+    LINK_VM                = $(LINK_LIB.CXX)
   endif
 
   LIBS_VM                  += $(LIBS)
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
 $(PRECOMPILED_HEADER):
 	$(QUIETLY) echo Generating precompiled header $@
 	$(QUIETLY) mkdir -p $(PRECOMPILED_HEADER_DIR)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(COMPILE.CC) $(DEPFLAGS) -x c++-header $(PRECOMPILED_HEADER_SRC) -o $@ $(COMPILE_DONE)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(COMPILE.CXX) $(DEPFLAGS) -x c++-header $(PRECOMPILED_HEADER_SRC) -o $@ $(COMPILE_DONE)
 
 # making the library:
 
@@ -309,10 +309,10 @@
 $(LIBJVM): $(LIBJVM.o) $(LIBJVM_MAPFILE) $(LD_SCRIPT)
 	$(QUIETLY) {                                                    \
 	    echo Linking vm...;                                         \
-	    $(LINK_LIB.CC/PRE_HOOK)                                     \
+	    $(LINK_LIB.CXX/PRE_HOOK)                                     \
 	    $(LINK_VM) $(LD_SCRIPT_FLAG)                                \
 		       $(LFLAGS_VM) -o $@ $(LIBJVM.o) $(LIBS_VM);       \
-	    $(LINK_LIB.CC/POST_HOOK)                                    \
+	    $(LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK)                                    \
 	    rm -f $@.1; ln -s $@ $@.1;                                  \
 	    [ -f $(LIBJVM_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBJVM_G); ln -s $@.1 $(LIBJVM_G).1; }; \
 	}
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/linux/makefiles/adlc.make
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/adlc.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/adlc.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@
 INCLUDES += $(Src_Dirs_I:%=-I%)
 
 # set flags for adlc compilation
-CPPFLAGS = $(SYSDEFS) $(INCLUDES)
+CXXFLAGS = $(SYSDEFS) $(INCLUDES)
 
 # Force assertions on.
-CPPFLAGS += -DASSERT
+CXXFLAGS += -DASSERT
 
 # CFLAGS_WARN holds compiler options to suppress/enable warnings.
 # Compiler warnings are treated as errors
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 
 $(EXEC) : $(OBJECTS)
 	@echo Making adlc
-	$(QUIETLY) $(HOST.LINK_NOPROF.CC) -o $(EXEC) $(OBJECTS)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(HOST.LINK_NOPROF.CXX) -o $(EXEC) $(OBJECTS)
 
 # Random dependencies:
 $(OBJECTS): opcodes.hpp classes.hpp adlc.hpp adlcVMDeps.hpp adlparse.hpp archDesc.hpp arena.hpp dict2.hpp filebuff.hpp forms.hpp formsopt.hpp formssel.hpp
@@ -211,14 +211,14 @@
 $(OUTDIR)/%.o: %.cpp
 	@echo Compiling $<
 	$(QUIETLY) $(REMOVE_TARGET)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(HOST.COMPILE.CC) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(HOST.COMPILE.CXX) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
 
 # Some object files are given a prefix, to disambiguate
 # them from objects of the same name built for the VM.
 $(OUTDIR)/adlc-%.o: %.cpp
 	@echo Compiling $<
 	$(QUIETLY) $(REMOVE_TARGET)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(HOST.COMPILE.CC) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(HOST.COMPILE.CXX) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
 
 # #########################################################################
 
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -23,19 +23,19 @@
 #
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# CC, CPP & AS
+# CC, CXX & AS
 
 # When cross-compiling the ALT_COMPILER_PATH points
 # to the cross-compilation toolset
 ifdef CROSS_COMPILE_ARCH
-CPP = $(ALT_COMPILER_PATH)/g++
+CXX = $(ALT_COMPILER_PATH)/g++
 CC  = $(ALT_COMPILER_PATH)/gcc
-HOSTCPP = g++
+HOSTCXX = g++
 HOSTCC  = gcc
 else
-CPP = g++
+CXX = g++
 CC  = gcc
-HOSTCPP = $(CPP)
+HOSTCXX = $(CXX)
 HOSTCC  = $(CC)
 endif
 
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/linux/makefiles/launcher.make
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/launcher.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/launcher.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@
   LIBS_LAUNCHER             += -l$(JVM) $(LIBS)
 endif
 
-LINK_LAUNCHER = $(LINK.c)
+LINK_LAUNCHER = $(LINK.CC)
 
-LINK_LAUNCHER/PRE_HOOK  = $(LINK_LIB.CC/PRE_HOOK)
-LINK_LAUNCHER/POST_HOOK = $(LINK_LIB.CC/POST_HOOK)
+LINK_LAUNCHER/PRE_HOOK  = $(LINK_LIB.CXX/PRE_HOOK)
+LINK_LAUNCHER/POST_HOOK = $(LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK)
 
 LAUNCHER_OUT = launcher
 
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@
 
 $(LAUNCHER_OUT)/%.o: $(LAUNCHERDIR_SHARE)/%.c
 	$(QUIETLY) [ -d $(LAUNCHER_OUT) ] || { mkdir -p $(LAUNCHER_OUT); }
-	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) -g -o $@ -c $< -MMD $(LAUNCHERFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) -g -o $@ -c $< -MMD $(LAUNCHERFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
 
 $(LAUNCHER_OUT)/%.o: $(LAUNCHERDIR)/%.c
 	$(QUIETLY) [ -d $(LAUNCHER_OUT) ] || { mkdir -p $(LAUNCHER_OUT); }
-	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) -g -o $@ -c $< -MMD $(LAUNCHERFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) -g -o $@ -c $< -MMD $(LAUNCHERFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
 
 $(LAUNCHER): $(OBJS) $(LIBJVM) $(LAUNCHER_MAPFILE)
 	$(QUIETLY) echo Linking launcher...
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/linux/makefiles/product.make
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/product.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/product.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@
 
 # If we can create .debuginfo files, then the VM is stripped in vm.make
 # and this macro is not used.
-# LINK_LIB.CC/POST_HOOK += $(STRIP_$(LINK_INTO))
+# LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK += $(STRIP_$(LINK_INTO))
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/linux/makefiles/rules.make
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/rules.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/rules.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -27,52 +27,39 @@
 # Tell make that .cpp is important
 .SUFFIXES: .cpp $(SUFFIXES)
 
-# For now.  Other makefiles use CPP as the c++ compiler, but that should really
-# name the preprocessor.
-ifeq    ($(CCC),)
-CCC             = $(CPP)
-endif
-
 DEMANGLER       = c++filt
 DEMANGLE        = $(DEMANGLER) < $@ > .$@ && mv -f .$@ $@
 
-# $(CC) is the c compiler (cc/gcc), $(CCC) is the c++ compiler (CC/g++).
-C_COMPILE       = $(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
-CC_COMPILE      = $(CCC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
+# $(CC) is the c compiler (cc/gcc), $(CXX) is the c++ compiler (CC/g++).
+CC_COMPILE       = $(CC) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
+CXX_COMPILE      = $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
 
 AS.S            = $(AS) $(ASFLAGS)
 
-COMPILE.c       = $(C_COMPILE) -c
-GENASM.c        = $(C_COMPILE) -S
-LINK.c          = $(CC) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS) $(PROF_AOUT_FLAGS)
-LINK_LIB.c      = $(CC) $(LFLAGS) $(SHARED_FLAG)
-PREPROCESS.c    = $(C_COMPILE) -E
+COMPILE.CC       = $(CC_COMPILE) -c
+GENASM.CC        = $(CC_COMPILE) -S
+LINK.CC          = $(CC) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS) $(PROF_AOUT_FLAGS)
+LINK_LIB.CC      = $(CC) $(LFLAGS) $(SHARED_FLAG)
+PREPROCESS.CC    = $(CC_COMPILE) -E
 
-COMPILE.CC      = $(CC_COMPILE) -c
-GENASM.CC       = $(CC_COMPILE) -S
-LINK.CC         = $(CCC) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS) $(PROF_AOUT_FLAGS)
-LINK_NOPROF.CC  = $(CCC) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS)
-LINK_LIB.CC     = $(CCC) $(LFLAGS) $(SHARED_FLAG)
-PREPROCESS.CC   = $(CC_COMPILE) -E
+COMPILE.CXX      = $(CXX_COMPILE) -c
+GENASM.CXX       = $(CXX_COMPILE) -S
+LINK.CXX         = $(CXX) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS) $(PROF_AOUT_FLAGS)
+LINK_NOPROF.CXX  = $(CXX) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS)
+LINK_LIB.CXX     = $(CXX) $(LFLAGS) $(SHARED_FLAG)
+PREPROCESS.CXX   = $(CXX_COMPILE) -E
 
 # cross compiling the jvm with c2 requires host compilers to build
 # adlc tool
 
-HOST.CC_COMPILE      = $(HOSTCPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
-HOST.COMPILE.CC      = $(HOST.CC_COMPILE) -c
-HOST.LINK_NOPROF.CC  = $(HOSTCPP) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS)
+HOST.CXX_COMPILE      = $(HOSTCXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
+HOST.COMPILE.CXX      = $(HOST.CXX_COMPILE) -c
+HOST.LINK_NOPROF.CXX  = $(HOSTCXX) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS)
 
 
 # Effect of REMOVE_TARGET is to delete out-of-date files during "gnumake -k".
 REMOVE_TARGET   = rm -f $@
 
-# Synonyms.
-COMPILE.cpp     = $(COMPILE.CC)
-GENASM.cpp      = $(GENASM.CC)
-LINK.cpp        = $(LINK.CC)
-LINK_LIB.cpp    = $(LINK_LIB.CC)
-PREPROCESS.cpp  = $(PREPROCESS.CC)
-
 # Note use of ALT_BOOTDIR to explicitly specify location of java and
 # javac; this is the same environment variable used in the J2SE build
 # process for overriding the default spec, which is BOOTDIR.
@@ -161,14 +148,14 @@
 %.o: %.cpp
 	@echo Compiling $<
 	$(QUIETLY) $(REMOVE_TARGET)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(COMPILE.CC) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(COMPILE.CXX) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
 else
 %.o: %.cpp
 	@echo Compiling $<
 	$(QUIETLY) $(REMOVE_TARGET)
 	$(QUIETLY) $(if $(findstring $@, $(NONPIC_OBJ_FILES)), \
-	   $(subst $(VM_PICFLAG), ,$(COMPILE.CC)) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE), \
-	   $(COMPILE.CC) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE))
+	   $(subst $(VM_PICFLAG), ,$(COMPILE.CXX)) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE), \
+	   $(COMPILE.CXX) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE))
 endif
 
 %.o: %.s
@@ -178,13 +165,13 @@
 
 %.s: %.cpp
 	@echo Generating assembly for $<
-	$(QUIETLY) $(GENASM.CC) -o $@ $<
+	$(QUIETLY) $(GENASM.CXX) -o $@ $<
 	$(QUIETLY) $(DEMANGLE) $(COMPILE_DONE)
 
 # Intermediate files (for debugging macros)
 %.i: %.cpp
 	@echo Preprocessing $< to $@
-	$(QUIETLY) $(PREPROCESS.CC) $< > $@ $(COMPILE_DONE)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(PREPROCESS.CXX) $< > $@ $(COMPILE_DONE)
 
 #  Override gnumake built-in rules which do sccs get operations badly.
 #  (They put the checked out code in the current directory, not in the
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/linux/makefiles/sparcWorks.make
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/sparcWorks.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/sparcWorks.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 #
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# CC, CPP & AS
+# CC, CXX & AS
 
-CPP = CC
+CXX = CC
 CC  = cc
 AS  = $(CC) -c
 
-HOSTCPP = $(CPP)
+HOSTCXX = $(CXX)
 HOSTCC  = $(CC)
 
 ARCHFLAG = $(ARCHFLAG/$(BUILDARCH))
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/linux/makefiles/vm.make
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 BUILD_USER    = -DHOTSPOT_BUILD_USER="\"$(HOTSPOT_BUILD_USER)\""
 VM_DISTRO     = -DHOTSPOT_VM_DISTRO="\"$(HOTSPOT_VM_DISTRO)\""
 
-CPPFLAGS =           \
+CXXFLAGS =           \
   ${SYSDEFS}         \
   ${INCLUDES}        \
   ${BUILD_VERSION}   \
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 # This is VERY important! The version define must only be supplied to vm_version.o
 # If not, ccache will not re-use the cache at all, since the version string might contain
 # a time and date. 
-vm_version.o: CPPFLAGS += ${JRE_VERSION}
+vm_version.o: CXXFLAGS += ${JRE_VERSION}
 
 ifndef JAVASE_EMBEDDED
 CFLAGS += -DINCLUDE_TRACE
@@ -276,13 +276,13 @@
   LIBS_VM   += $(LLVM_LIBS)
 endif
 
-LINK_VM = $(LINK_LIB.c)
+LINK_VM = $(LINK_LIB.CC)
 
 # rule for building precompiled header
 $(PRECOMPILED_HEADER):
 	$(QUIETLY) echo Generating precompiled header $@
 	$(QUIETLY) mkdir -p $(PRECOMPILED_HEADER_DIR)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(COMPILE.CC) $(DEPFLAGS) -x c++-header $(PRECOMPILED_HEADER_SRC) -o $@ $(COMPILE_DONE)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(COMPILE.CXX) $(DEPFLAGS) -x c++-header $(PRECOMPILED_HEADER_SRC) -o $@ $(COMPILE_DONE)
 
 # making the library:
 
@@ -312,10 +312,10 @@
 $(LIBJVM): $(LIBJVM.o) $(LIBJVM_MAPFILE) $(LD_SCRIPT)
 	$(QUIETLY) {                                                    \
 	    echo Linking vm...;                                         \
-	    $(LINK_LIB.CC/PRE_HOOK)                                     \
+	    $(LINK_LIB.CXX/PRE_HOOK)                                     \
 	    $(LINK_VM) $(LD_SCRIPT_FLAG)                                \
 		       $(LFLAGS_VM) -o $@ $(LIBJVM.o) $(LIBS_VM);       \
-	    $(LINK_LIB.CC/POST_HOOK)                                    \
+	    $(LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK)                                    \
 	    rm -f $@.1; ln -s $@ $@.1;                                  \
 	    [ -f $(LIBJVM_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBJVM_G); ln -s $@.1 $(LIBJVM_G).1; }; \
             if [ \"$(CROSS_COMPILE_ARCH)\" = \"\" ] ; then                    \
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/solaris/makefiles/adlc.make
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/adlc.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/adlc.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@
 INCLUDES += $(Src_Dirs_I:%=-I%)
 
 # set flags for adlc compilation
-CPPFLAGS = $(SYSDEFS) $(INCLUDES)
+CXXFLAGS = $(SYSDEFS) $(INCLUDES)
 
 # Force assertions on.
-CPPFLAGS += -DASSERT
+CXXFLAGS += -DASSERT
 
 ifndef USE_GCC
   # We need libCstd.so for adlc 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 
 $(EXEC) : $(OBJECTS)
 	@echo Making adlc
-	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_NOPROF.CC) -o $(EXEC) $(OBJECTS)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_NOPROF.CXX) -o $(EXEC) $(OBJECTS)
 
 # Random dependencies:
 $(OBJECTS): opcodes.hpp classes.hpp adlc.hpp adlcVMDeps.hpp adlparse.hpp archDesc.hpp arena.hpp dict2.hpp filebuff.hpp forms.hpp formsopt.hpp formssel.hpp
@@ -228,14 +228,14 @@
 $(OUTDIR)/%.o: %.cpp
 	@echo Compiling $<
 	$(QUIETLY) $(REMOVE_TARGET)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(COMPILE.CC) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(COMPILE.CXX) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
 
 # Some object files are given a prefix, to disambiguate
 # them from objects of the same name built for the VM.
 $(OUTDIR)/adlc-%.o: %.cpp
 	@echo Compiling $<
 	$(QUIETLY) $(REMOVE_TARGET)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(COMPILE.CC) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(COMPILE.CXX) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
 
 # #########################################################################
 
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/solaris/makefiles/dtrace.make
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/dtrace.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/dtrace.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -150,11 +150,11 @@
 
 lib$(GENOFFS).so: $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(GENOFFS).cpp $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(GENOFFS).h \
                   $(LIBJVM.o)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(CCC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(GENOFFS_CFLAGS) $(SHARED_FLAG) $(PICFLAG) \
+	$(QUIETLY) $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(GENOFFS_CFLAGS) $(SHARED_FLAG) $(PICFLAG) \
 		 $(LFLAGS_GENOFFS) -o $@ $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(GENOFFS).cpp -lc
 
 $(GENOFFS): $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(GENOFFS)Main.c lib$(GENOFFS).so
-	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK.CC) -z nodefs -o $@ $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(GENOFFS)Main.c \
+	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK.CXX) -z nodefs -o $@ $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(GENOFFS)Main.c \
 		./lib$(GENOFFS).so
 
 CONDITIONALLY_UPDATE_JVMOFFS_TARGET = \
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 	$(QUIETLY) $(CONDITIONALLY_UPDATE_JVMOFFS_TARGET)
 
 $(JVMOFFS.o): $(JVMOFFS).h $(JVMOFFS).cpp 
-	$(QUIETLY) $(CCC) -c -I. -o $@ $(ARCHFLAG) -D$(TYPE) $(JVMOFFS).cpp
+	$(QUIETLY) $(CXX) -c -I. -o $@ $(ARCHFLAG) -D$(TYPE) $(JVMOFFS).cpp
 
 $(LIBJVM_DB): $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DB).c $(JVMOFFS.o) $(XLIBJVM_DB) $(LIBJVM_DB_MAPFILE)
 	@echo Making $@
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/solaris/makefiles/gcc.make
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/gcc.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/gcc.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 #
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# CC, CPP & AS
+# CC, CXX & AS
 
-CPP = g++
+CXX = g++
 CC  = gcc
 AS  = $(CC) -c
 
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
 CC_VER_MAJOR := $(shell $(CC) -dumpversion | sed 's/egcs-//' | cut -d'.' -f1)
 CC_VER_MINOR := $(shell $(CC) -dumpversion | sed 's/egcs-//' | cut -d'.' -f2)
 
-# Check for the versions of C++ and C compilers ($CPP and $CC) used. 
+# Check for the versions of C++ and C compilers ($CXX and $CC) used. 
 
 # Get the last thing on the line that looks like x.x+ (x is a digit).
 COMPILER_REV := \
-$(shell $(CPP) -dumpversion | sed 's/egcs-//' | cut -d'.' -f1)
-C_COMPILER_REV := \
+$(shell $(CXX) -dumpversion | sed 's/egcs-//' | cut -d'.' -f1)
+CC_COMPILER_REV := \
 $(shell $(CC) -dumpversion | sed 's/egcs-//' | cut -d'.' -f2)
 
 
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/solaris/makefiles/launcher.make
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/launcher.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/launcher.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@
   LIBS_LAUNCHER             += -l$(JVM) $(LIBS)
 endif
 
-LINK_LAUNCHER = $(LINK.CC)
+LINK_LAUNCHER = $(LINK.CXX)
 
-LINK_LAUNCHER/PRE_HOOK  = $(LINK_LIB.CC/PRE_HOOK)
-LINK_LAUNCHER/POST_HOOK = $(LINK_LIB.CC/POST_HOOK)
+LINK_LAUNCHER/PRE_HOOK  = $(LINK_LIB.CXX/PRE_HOOK)
+LINK_LAUNCHER/POST_HOOK = $(LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK)
 
 ifeq ("${Platform_compiler}", "sparcWorks")
 # Enable the following LAUNCHERFLAGS addition if you need to compare the
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@
 
 $(LAUNCHER_OUT)/%.o: $(LAUNCHERDIR_SHARE)/%.c
 	$(QUIETLY) [ -d $(LAUNCHER_OUT) ] || { mkdir -p $(LAUNCHER_OUT); }
-	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) -g -o $@ -c $< -MMD $(LAUNCHERFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) -g -o $@ -c $< -MMD $(LAUNCHERFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
 
 $(LAUNCHER_OUT)/%.o: $(LAUNCHERDIR)/%.c
 	$(QUIETLY) [ -d $(LAUNCHER_OUT) ] || { mkdir -p $(LAUNCHER_OUT); }
-	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) -g -o $@ -c $< -MMD $(LAUNCHERFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) -g -o $@ -c $< -MMD $(LAUNCHERFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
 
 $(LAUNCHER): $(OBJS) $(LIBJVM) $(LAUNCHER_MAPFILE)
 ifeq ($(filter -sbfast -xsbfast, $(CFLAGS_BROWSE)),)
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/solaris/makefiles/product.make
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/product.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/product.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 # If we can create .debuginfo files, then the VM is stripped in vm.make
 # and this macro is not used.
-# LINK_LIB.CC/POST_HOOK += $(STRIP_LIB.CC/POST_HOOK)
+# LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK += $(STRIP_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK)
 
 G_SUFFIX =
 SYSDEFS += -DPRODUCT
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/solaris/makefiles/rules.make
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/rules.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/rules.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -27,44 +27,31 @@
 # Tell make that .cpp is important
 .SUFFIXES: .cpp $(SUFFIXES)
 
-# For now.  Other makefiles use CPP as the c++ compiler, but that should really
-# name the preprocessor.
-ifeq    ($(CCC),)
-CCC             = $(CPP)
-endif
-
 DEMANGLER       = c++filt
 DEMANGLE        = $(DEMANGLER) < $@ > .$@ && mv -f .$@ $@
 
-# $(CC) is the c compiler (cc/gcc), $(CCC) is the c++ compiler (CC/g++).
-C_COMPILE       = $(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
-CC_COMPILE      = $(CCC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
+# $(CC) is the c compiler (cc/gcc), $(CXX) is the c++ compiler (CC/g++).
+CC_COMPILE       = $(CC) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
+CXX_COMPILE      = $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
 
 AS.S            = $(AS) $(ASFLAGS)
 
-COMPILE.c       = $(C_COMPILE) -c
-GENASM.c        = $(C_COMPILE) -S
-LINK.c          = $(CC) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS) $(PROF_AOUT_FLAGS)
-LINK_LIB.c      = $(CC) $(LFLAGS) $(SHARED_FLAG)
-PREPROCESS.c    = $(C_COMPILE) -E
+COMPILE.CC       = $(CC_COMPILE) -c
+GENASM.CC        = $(CC_COMPILE) -S
+LINK.CC          = $(CC) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS) $(PROF_AOUT_FLAGS)
+LINK_LIB.CC      = $(CC) $(LFLAGS) $(SHARED_FLAG)
+PREPROCESS.CC    = $(CC_COMPILE) -E
 
-COMPILE.CC      = $(CC_COMPILE) -c
-GENASM.CC       = $(CC_COMPILE) -S
-LINK.CC         = $(CCC) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS) $(PROF_AOUT_FLAGS)
-LINK_NOPROF.CC  = $(CCC) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS)
-LINK_LIB.CC     = $(CCC) $(LFLAGS) $(SHARED_FLAG)
-PREPROCESS.CC   = $(CC_COMPILE) -E
+COMPILE.CXX      = $(CXX_COMPILE) -c
+GENASM.CXX       = $(CXX_COMPILE) -S
+LINK.CXX         = $(CXX) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS) $(PROF_AOUT_FLAGS)
+LINK_NOPROF.CXX  = $(CXX) $(LFLAGS) $(AOUT_FLAGS)
+LINK_LIB.CXX     = $(CXX) $(LFLAGS) $(SHARED_FLAG)
+PREPROCESS.CXX   = $(CXX_COMPILE) -E
 
 # Effect of REMOVE_TARGET is to delete out-of-date files during "gnumake -k".
 REMOVE_TARGET   = rm -f $@
 
-# Synonyms.
-COMPILE.cpp     = $(COMPILE.CC)
-GENASM.cpp      = $(GENASM.CC)
-LINK.cpp        = $(LINK.CC)
-LINK_LIB.cpp    = $(LINK_LIB.CC)
-PREPROCESS.cpp  = $(PREPROCESS.CC)
-
 # Note use of ALT_BOOTDIR to explicitly specify location of java and
 # javac; this is the same environment variable used in the J2SE build
 # process for overriding the default spec, which is BOOTDIR.
@@ -153,14 +140,14 @@
 %.o: %.cpp
 	@echo Compiling $<
 	$(QUIETLY) $(REMOVE_TARGET)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(COMPILE.CC) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(COMPILE.CXX) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE)
 else
 %.o: %.cpp
 	@echo Compiling $<
 	$(QUIETLY) $(REMOVE_TARGET)
 	$(QUIETLY) $(if $(findstring $@, $(NONPIC_OBJ_FILES)), \
-	   $(subst $(VM_PICFLAG), ,$(COMPILE.CC)) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE), \
-	   $(COMPILE.CC) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE))
+	   $(subst $(VM_PICFLAG), ,$(COMPILE.CXX)) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE), \
+	   $(COMPILE.CXX) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(COMPILE_DONE))
 endif
 
 %.o: %.s
@@ -170,13 +157,13 @@
 
 %.s: %.cpp
 	@echo Generating assembly for $<
-	$(QUIETLY) $(GENASM.CC) -o $@ $<
+	$(QUIETLY) $(GENASM.CXX) -o $@ $<
 	$(QUIETLY) $(DEMANGLE) $(COMPILE_DONE)
 
 # Intermediate files (for debugging macros)
 %.i: %.cpp
 	@echo Preprocessing $< to $@
-	$(QUIETLY) $(PREPROCESS.CC) $< > $@ $(COMPILE_DONE)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(PREPROCESS.CXX) $< > $@ $(COMPILE_DONE)
 
 #  Override gnumake built-in rules which do sccs get operations badly.
 #  (They put the checked out code in the current directory, not in the
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/solaris/makefiles/saproc.make
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/saproc.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/saproc.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 	  exit 1; \
 	fi
 	@echo Making SA debugger back-end...
-	$(QUIETLY) $(CPP)                                               \
+	$(QUIETLY) $(CXX)                                               \
                    $(SYMFLAG) $(ARCHFLAG) $(SHARED_FLAG) $(PICFLAG)     \
 	           -I$(SASRCDIR)                                        \
 	           -I$(GENERATED)                                       \
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/solaris/makefiles/sparcWorks.make
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/sparcWorks.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/sparcWorks.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 # tell make which C and C++ compilers to use
 CC	= cc
-CPP	= CC
+CXX	= CC
 
 # Note that this 'as' is an older version of the Sun Studio 'fbe', and will
 #   use the older style options. The 'fbe' options will match 'cc' and 'CC'.
@@ -37,23 +37,23 @@
 
 REORDER_FLAG = -xF
 
-# Check for the versions of C++ and C compilers ($CPP and $CC) used. 
+# Check for the versions of C++ and C compilers ($CXX and $CC) used. 
 
 # Get the last thing on the line that looks like x.x+ (x is a digit).
 COMPILER_REV := \
-$(shell $(CPP) -V 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*[ ,\t]C++[ ,\t]\([1-9]\.[0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p')
-C_COMPILER_REV := \
+$(shell $(CXX) -V 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*[ ,\t]C++[ ,\t]\([1-9]\.[0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p')
+CC_COMPILER_REV := \
 $(shell $(CC) -V 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*[ ,\t]C[ ,\t]\([1-9]\.[0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p')
 
 # Pick which compiler is validated
 ifeq ($(JRE_RELEASE_VER),1.6.0)
   # Validated compiler for JDK6 is SS11 (5.8)
   VALIDATED_COMPILER_REVS   := 5.8
-  VALIDATED_C_COMPILER_REVS := 5.8
+  VALIDATED_CC_COMPILER_REVS := 5.8
 else
   # Validated compiler for JDK7 is SS12 update 1 + patches (5.10)
   VALIDATED_COMPILER_REVS   := 5.10
-  VALIDATED_C_COMPILER_REVS := 5.10
+  VALIDATED_CC_COMPILER_REVS := 5.10
 endif
 
 # Warning messages about not using the above validated versions
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@
 	warning.)
 endif
 
-ENFORCE_C_COMPILER_REV${ENFORCE_C_COMPILER_REV} := $(strip ${VALIDATED_C_COMPILER_REVS})
-ifeq ($(filter ${ENFORCE_C_COMPILER_REV},${C_COMPILER_REV}),)
-PRINTABLE_C_REVS := $(subst $(shell echo ' '), or ,${ENFORCE_C_COMPILER_REV})
+ENFORCE_CC_COMPILER_REV${ENFORCE_CC_COMPILER_REV} := $(strip ${VALIDATED_CC_COMPILER_REVS})
+ifeq ($(filter ${ENFORCE_CC_COMPILER_REV},${CC_COMPILER_REV}),)
+PRINTABLE_C_REVS := $(subst $(shell echo ' '), or ,${ENFORCE_CC_COMPILER_REV})
 dummy_var_to_enforce_c_compiler_rev := $(shell \
-	echo >&2 WARNING: You are using cc version ${C_COMPILER_REV} and \
+	echo >&2 WARNING: You are using cc version ${CC_COMPILER_REV} and \
 	should be using version ${PRINTABLE_C_REVS}.; \
-	echo >&2 Set ENFORCE_C_COMPILER_REV=${C_COMPILER_REV} to avoid this \
+	echo >&2 Set ENFORCE_CC_COMPILER_REV=${CC_COMPILER_REV} to avoid this \
 	warning.)
 endif
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
                        } \
 	      END      { exit rc; }'
 
-LINK_LIB.CC/PRE_HOOK += $(JVM_CHECK_SYMBOLS) || exit 1;
+LINK_LIB.CXX/PRE_HOOK += $(JVM_CHECK_SYMBOLS) || exit 1;
 
 # New architecture options started in SS12 (5.9), we need both styles to build.
 #   The older arch options for SS11 (5.8) or older and also for /usr/ccs/bin/as.
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@
 #FASTDEBUG_CFLAGS += -Qoption ccfe -xglobalstatic
 
 ifeq	(${COMPILER_REV_NUMERIC}, 502)
-COMPILER_DATE := $(shell $(CPP) -V 2>&1 | sed -n '/^.*[ ]C++[ ]\([1-9]\.[0-9][0-9]*\)/p' | awk '{ print $$NF; }')
+COMPILER_DATE := $(shell $(CXX) -V 2>&1 | sed -n '/^.*[ ]C++[ ]\([1-9]\.[0-9][0-9]*\)/p' | awk '{ print $$NF; }')
 ifeq	(${COMPILER_DATE}, 2001/01/31)
 # disable -g0 in fastdebug since SC6.1 dated 2001/01/31 seems to be buggy
 # use an innocuous value because it will get -g if it's empty
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
 # removing repeated lines.  The data can be extracted from
 # binaries in the field by using "mcs -p libjvm.so" or the older
 # command "what libjvm.so".
-LINK_LIB.CC/POST_HOOK += $(MCS) -c $@ || exit 1;
+LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK += $(MCS) -c $@ || exit 1;
 # (The exit 1 is necessary to cause a build failure if the command fails and
 # multiple commands are strung together, and the final semicolon is necessary
 # since the hook must terminate itself as a valid command.)
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@
 # Also, strip debug and line number information (worth about 1.7Mb).
 # If we can create .debuginfo files, then the VM is stripped in vm.make
 # and this macro is not used.
-STRIP_LIB.CC/POST_HOOK = $(STRIP) -x $@ || exit 1;
-# STRIP_LIB.CC/POST_HOOK is incorporated into LINK_LIB.CC/POST_HOOK
+STRIP_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK = $(STRIP) -x $@ || exit 1;
+# STRIP_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK is incorporated into LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK
 # in certain configurations, such as product.make.  Other configurations,
 # such as debug.make, do not include the strip operation.
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/solaris/makefiles/vm.make
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/vm.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/vm.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 BUILD_USER    = -DHOTSPOT_BUILD_USER="\"$(HOTSPOT_BUILD_USER)\""
 VM_DISTRO     = -DHOTSPOT_VM_DISTRO="\"$(HOTSPOT_VM_DISTRO)\""
 
-CPPFLAGS =           \
+CXXFLAGS =           \
   ${SYSDEFS}         \
   ${INCLUDES}        \
   ${BUILD_VERSION}   \
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 # This is VERY important! The version define must only be supplied to vm_version.o
 # If not, ccache will not re-use the cache at all, since the version string might contain
 # a time and date. 
-vm_version.o: CPPFLAGS += ${JRE_VERSION} 
+vm_version.o: CXXFLAGS += ${JRE_VERSION} 
 
 # CFLAGS_WARN holds compiler options to suppress/enable warnings.
 CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_WARN)
@@ -269,17 +269,17 @@
 endif
 
 ifdef USE_GCC
-LINK_VM = $(LINK_LIB.c)
+LINK_VM = $(LINK_LIB.CC)
 else
-LINK_VM = $(LINK_LIB.CC)
+LINK_VM = $(LINK_LIB.CXX)
 endif
 # making the library:
 $(LIBJVM): $(LIBJVM.o) $(LIBJVM_MAPFILE) 
 ifeq ($(filter -sbfast -xsbfast, $(CFLAGS_BROWSE)),)
 	@echo Linking vm...
-	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LIB.CC/PRE_HOOK)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LIB.CXX/PRE_HOOK)
 	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_VM) $(LFLAGS_VM) -o $@ $(LIBJVM.o) $(LIBS_VM)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LIB.CC/POST_HOOK)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK)
 	$(QUIETLY) rm -f $@.1 && ln -s $@ $@.1
 	$(QUIETLY) [ -f $(LIBJVM_G) ] || ln -s $@ $(LIBJVM_G)
 	$(QUIETLY) [ -f $(LIBJVM_G).1 ] || ln -s $@.1 $(LIBJVM_G).1
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/windows/build_vm_def.sh
--- a/make/windows/build_vm_def.sh	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/windows/build_vm_def.sh	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@
 
 # When called from IDE the first param should contain the link version, otherwise may be nill
 if [ "x$1" != "x" ]; then
-LINK_VER="$1"
+LD_VER="$1"
 fi
 
-if [ "x$LINK_VER" != "x800" -a  "x$LINK_VER" != "x900" -a "x$LINK_VER" != "x1000" ]; then
+if [ "x$LD_VER" != "x800" -a  "x$LD_VER" != "x900" -a "x$LD_VER" != "x1000" ]; then
 $DUMPBIN /symbols *.obj | "$GREP" "??_7.*@@6B@" | "$GREP" -v "type_info" | "$AWK" '{print $7}' | "$SORT" | "$UNIQ" > vm2.def
 else
 # Can't use pipes when calling cl.exe or link.exe from IDE. Using transit file vm3.def
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/windows/get_msc_ver.sh
--- a/make/windows/get_msc_ver.sh	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/windows/get_msc_ver.sh	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
   echo "MSC_VER_RAW=$MSC_VER_RAW"
 fi
 
-if [ "x$FORCE_LINK_VER" != "x" ]; then
-  echo "LINK_VER=$FORCE_LINK_VER"
+if [ "x$FORCE_LD_VER" != "x" ]; then
+  echo "LD_VER=$FORCE_LD_VER"
 else
   # use the "link" command that is co-located with the "cl" command
   cl_cmd=`which cl`
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@
     # which can't find "cl" so just use which ever "link" we find
     link_cmd="link"
   fi
-  LINK_VER_RAW=`"$link_cmd" 2>&1 | "$HEAD" -n 1 | "$SED" 's/.*Version[\ ]*\([0-9][0-9.]*\).*/\1/'`
-  LINK_VER_MAJOR=`"$ECHO" $LINK_VER_RAW | "$CUT" -d'.' -f1`
-  LINK_VER_MINOR=`"$ECHO" $LINK_VER_RAW | "$CUT" -d'.' -f2`
-  LINK_VER_MICRO=`"$ECHO" $LINK_VER_RAW | "$CUT" -d'.' -f3`
-  LINK_VER=`"$EXPR" $LINK_VER_MAJOR \* 100 + $LINK_VER_MINOR`
-  echo "LINK_VER=$LINK_VER"
-  echo "LINK_VER_RAW=$LINK_VER_RAW"
+  LD_VER_RAW=`"$link_cmd" 2>&1 | "$HEAD" -n 1 | "$SED" 's/.*Version[\ ]*\([0-9][0-9.]*\).*/\1/'`
+  LD_VER_MAJOR=`"$ECHO" $LD_VER_RAW | "$CUT" -d'.' -f1`
+  LD_VER_MINOR=`"$ECHO" $LD_VER_RAW | "$CUT" -d'.' -f2`
+  LD_VER_MICRO=`"$ECHO" $LD_VER_RAW | "$CUT" -d'.' -f3`
+  LD_VER=`"$EXPR" $LD_VER_MAJOR \* 100 + $LD_VER_MINOR`
+  echo "LD_VER=$LD_VER"
+  echo "LD_VER_RAW=$LD_VER_RAW"
 fi
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/windows/makefiles/adlc.make
--- a/make/windows/makefiles/adlc.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/windows/makefiles/adlc.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
 ADLCFLAGS=-q -T -U_LP64
 !endif
 
-ADLC_CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /D _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
+ADLC_CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /D _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
 
-CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS=\
+CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS=\
   /I "..\generated" \
   /I "$(WorkSpace)\src\share\vm" \
   /I "$(WorkSpace)\src\os\windows\vm" \
@@ -94,14 +94,14 @@
   $(AdlcOutDir)\dfa_$(Platform_arch_model).cpp
 
 {$(WorkSpace)\src\share\vm\adlc}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(ADLC_CPP_FLAGS) $(EXH_FLAGS) $(CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(ADLC_CXX_FLAGS) $(EXH_FLAGS) $(CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS) /c $<
 
 {$(WorkSpace)\src\share\vm\opto}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(ADLC_CPP_FLAGS) $(EXH_FLAGS) $(CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(ADLC_CXX_FLAGS) $(EXH_FLAGS) $(CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS) /c $<
 
 adlc.exe: main.obj adlparse.obj archDesc.obj arena.obj dfa.obj dict2.obj filebuff.obj \
           forms.obj formsopt.obj formssel.obj opcodes.obj output_c.obj output_h.obj
-	$(LINK) $(LINK_FLAGS) /subsystem:console /out:$@ $**
+	$(LD) $(LD_FLAGS) /subsystem:console /out:$@ $**
 !if "$(MT)" != ""
 # The previous link command created a .manifest file that we want to
 # insert into the linked artifact so we do not need to track it
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/windows/makefiles/compile.make
--- a/make/windows/makefiles/compile.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/windows/makefiles/compile.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 #
 
 # Generic compiler settings
-CPP=cl.exe
+CXX=cl.exe
 
-# CPP Flags: (these vary slightly from VC6->VS2003->VS2005 compilers)
+# CXX Flags: (these vary slightly from VC6->VS2003->VS2005 compilers)
 #   /nologo   Supress copyright message at every cl.exe startup
 #   /W3       Warning level 3
 #   /Zi       Include debugging information
@@ -50,47 +50,47 @@
 # improving the quality of crash log stack traces involving jvm.dll.
 
 # These are always used in all compiles
-CPP_FLAGS=/nologo /W3 /WX
+CXX_FLAGS=/nologo /W3 /WX
 
 # Let's add debug information always too.
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /Zi
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /Zi
 
 # Based on BUILDARCH we add some flags and select the default compiler name
 !if "$(BUILDARCH)" == "ia64"
 MACHINE=IA64
 DEFAULT_COMPILER_NAME=VS2003
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "CC_INTERP" /D "_LP64" /D "IA64"
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "CC_INTERP" /D "_LP64" /D "IA64"
 !endif
 
 !if "$(BUILDARCH)" == "amd64"
 MACHINE=AMD64
 DEFAULT_COMPILER_NAME=VS2005
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "_LP64" /D "AMD64"
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "_LP64" /D "AMD64"
 LP64=1
 !endif
 
 !if "$(BUILDARCH)" == "i486"
 MACHINE=I386
 DEFAULT_COMPILER_NAME=VS2003
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "IA32"
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "IA32"
 !endif
 
 # Sanity check, this is the default if not amd64, ia64, or i486
 !ifndef DEFAULT_COMPILER_NAME
-CPP=ARCH_ERROR
+CXX=ARCH_ERROR
 !endif
 
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "WIN32" /D "_WINDOWS"
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "WIN32" /D "_WINDOWS"
 # Must specify this for sharedRuntimeTrig.cpp
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN"
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN"
 
 # Used for platform dispatching
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D TARGET_OS_FAMILY_windows
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D TARGET_ARCH_$(Platform_arch)
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D TARGET_ARCH_MODEL_$(Platform_arch_model)
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D TARGET_OS_ARCH_windows_$(Platform_arch)
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D TARGET_OS_ARCH_MODEL_windows_$(Platform_arch_model)
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D TARGET_COMPILER_visCPP
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D TARGET_OS_FAMILY_windows
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D TARGET_ARCH_$(Platform_arch)
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D TARGET_ARCH_MODEL_$(Platform_arch_model)
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D TARGET_OS_ARCH_windows_$(Platform_arch)
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D TARGET_OS_ARCH_MODEL_windows_$(Platform_arch_model)
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D TARGET_COMPILER_visCPP
 
 
 # MSC_VER is a 4 digit number that tells us what compiler is being used
@@ -150,14 +150,14 @@
 # Always add the _STATIC_CPPLIB flag
 STATIC_CPPLIB_OPTION = /D _STATIC_CPPLIB /D _DISABLE_DEPRECATE_STATIC_CPPLIB
 MS_RUNTIME_OPTION = $(MS_RUNTIME_OPTION) $(STATIC_CPPLIB_OPTION)
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) $(MS_RUNTIME_OPTION)
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) $(MS_RUNTIME_OPTION)
 
 # How /GX option is spelled
 GX_OPTION = /GX
 
 # Optimization settings for various versions of the compilers and types of
 #    builds. Three basic sets of settings: product, fastdebug, and debug.
-#    These get added into CPP_FLAGS as needed by other makefiles.
+#    These get added into CXX_FLAGS as needed by other makefiles.
 !if "$(COMPILER_NAME)" == "VC6"
 PRODUCT_OPT_OPTION   = /Ox /Os /Gy /GF
 FASTDEBUG_OPT_OPTION = /Ox /Os /Gy /GF
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 #    externals at link time. Even with /GS-, you need bufferoverflowU.lib.
 #    NOTE: Currently we decided to not use /GS-
 BUFFEROVERFLOWLIB = bufferoverflowU.lib
-LINK_FLAGS = /manifest $(LINK_FLAGS) $(BUFFEROVERFLOWLIB)
+LD_FLAGS = /manifest $(LD_FLAGS) $(BUFFEROVERFLOWLIB)
 # Manifest Tool - used in VS2005 and later to adjust manifests stored
 # as resources inside build artifacts.
 MT=mt.exe
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
 FASTDEBUG_OPT_OPTION = /O2 /Oy-
 DEBUG_OPT_OPTION     = /Od
 GX_OPTION = /EHsc
-LINK_FLAGS = /manifest $(LINK_FLAGS)
+LD_FLAGS = /manifest $(LD_FLAGS)
 # Manifest Tool - used in VS2005 and later to adjust manifests stored
 # as resources inside build artifacts.
 MT=mt.exe
@@ -202,12 +202,12 @@
 FASTDEBUG_OPT_OPTION = /O2 /Oy-
 DEBUG_OPT_OPTION     = /Od
 GX_OPTION = /EHsc
-LINK_FLAGS = /manifest $(LINK_FLAGS)
+LD_FLAGS = /manifest $(LD_FLAGS)
 # Manifest Tool - used in VS2005 and later to adjust manifests stored
 # as resources inside build artifacts.
 MT=mt.exe
 !if "$(BUILDARCH)" == "i486"
-LINK_FLAGS = /SAFESEH $(LINK_FLAGS)
+LD_FLAGS = /SAFESEH $(LD_FLAGS)
 !endif
 !endif
 
@@ -225,15 +225,15 @@
 !endif
 
 # Generic linker settings
-LINK=link.exe
-LINK_FLAGS= $(LINK_FLAGS) kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib \
+LD=link.exe
+LD_FLAGS= $(LD_FLAGS) kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib \
  comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib \
  uuid.lib Wsock32.lib winmm.lib /nologo /machine:$(MACHINE) /opt:REF \
  /opt:ICF,8 /map /debug
 
 
 !if $(MSC_VER) >= 1600 
-LINK_FLAGS= $(LINK_FLAGS) psapi.lib
+LD_FLAGS= $(LD_FLAGS) psapi.lib
 !endif
 
 # Resource compiler settings
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 	 /D "HS_INTERNAL_NAME=$(HS_INTERNAL_NAME)" \
 	 /D "HS_NAME=$(HS_NAME)"
 
-# Need this to match the CPP_FLAGS settings
+# Need this to match the CXX_FLAGS settings
 !if "$(MFC_DEBUG)" == "true"
 RC_FLAGS = $(RC_FLAGS) /D "_DEBUG"
 !endif
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/windows/makefiles/debug.make
--- a/make/windows/makefiles/debug.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/windows/makefiles/debug.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 !include ../local.make
 !include compile.make
 
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) $(DEBUG_OPT_OPTION)
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) $(DEBUG_OPT_OPTION)
 
 !include $(WorkSpace)/make/windows/makefiles/vm.make
 !include local.make
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
 	sh $(WorkSpace)/make/windows/build_vm_def.sh
 
 $(AOUT): $(Res_Files) $(Obj_Files) vm.def
-	$(LINK) @<<
-  $(LINK_FLAGS) /out:$@ /implib:$*.lib /def:vm.def $(Obj_Files) $(Res_Files)
+	$(LD) @<<
+  $(LD_FLAGS) /out:$@ /implib:$*.lib /def:vm.def $(Obj_Files) $(Res_Files)
 <<
 !if "$(MT)" != ""
 # The previous link command created a .manifest file that we want to
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/windows/makefiles/fastdebug.make
--- a/make/windows/makefiles/fastdebug.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/windows/makefiles/fastdebug.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 !include ../local.make
 !include compile.make
 
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) $(FASTDEBUG_OPT_OPTION)
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) $(FASTDEBUG_OPT_OPTION)
 
 !include $(WorkSpace)/make/windows/makefiles/vm.make
 !include local.make
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
 	sh $(WorkSpace)/make/windows/build_vm_def.sh
 
 $(AOUT): $(Res_Files) $(Obj_Files) vm.def
-	$(LINK) @<<
-  $(LINK_FLAGS) /out:$@ /implib:$*.lib /def:vm.def $(Obj_Files) $(Res_Files)
+	$(LD) @<<
+  $(LD_FLAGS) /out:$@ /implib:$*.lib /def:vm.def $(Obj_Files) $(Res_Files)
 <<
 !if "$(MT)" != ""
 # The previous link command created a .manifest file that we want to
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/windows/makefiles/launcher.make
--- a/make/windows/makefiles/launcher.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/windows/makefiles/launcher.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 
 
-LAUNCHER_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) $(ARCHFLAG) \
+LAUNCHER_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) $(ARCHFLAG) \
 	/D FULL_VERSION=\"$(HOTSPOT_RELEASE_VERSION)\" \
 	/D JDK_MAJOR_VERSION=\"$(JDK_MAJOR_VERSION)\" \
 	/D JDK_MINOR_VERSION=\"$(JDK_MINOR_VERSION)\" \
@@ -39,18 +39,18 @@
 	/I $(WorkSpace)\src\cpu\$(Platform_arch)\vm \
 	/I $(WorkSpace)\src\os\windows\vm
 
-LINK_FLAGS=/manifest $(HS_INTERNAL_NAME).lib kernel32.lib user32.lib /nologo /machine:$(MACHINE) /map /debug /subsystem:console 
+LD_FLAGS=/manifest $(HS_INTERNAL_NAME).lib kernel32.lib user32.lib /nologo /machine:$(MACHINE) /map /debug /subsystem:console 
 
 !if "$(COMPILER_NAME)" == "VS2005"
 # This VS2005 compiler has /GS as a default and requires bufferoverflowU.lib
 #    on the link command line, otherwise we get missing __security_check_cookie
 #    externals at link time. Even with /GS-, you need bufferoverflowU.lib.
 BUFFEROVERFLOWLIB = bufferoverflowU.lib
-LINK_FLAGS = $(LINK_FLAGS) $(BUFFEROVERFLOWLIB)
+LD_FLAGS = $(LD_FLAGS) $(BUFFEROVERFLOWLIB)
 !endif
 
 !if "$(COMPILER_NAME)" == "VS2010" && "$(BUILDARCH)" == "i486"
-LINK_FLAGS = /SAFESEH $(LINK_FLAGS)
+LD_FLAGS = /SAFESEH $(LD_FLAGS)
 !endif
 
 LAUNCHERDIR = $(WorkSpace)/src/os/windows/launcher
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@
 
 {$(LAUNCHERDIR)}.c{$(OUTDIR)}.obj:
 	-mkdir $(OUTDIR) 2>NUL >NUL
-        $(CPP) $(LAUNCHER_FLAGS) /c /Fo$@ $<
+        $(CXX) $(LAUNCHER_FLAGS) /c /Fo$@ $<
 
 {$(LAUNCHERDIR_SHARE)}.c{$(OUTDIR)}.obj:
 	-mkdir $(OUTDIR) 2>NUL >NUL
-        $(CPP) $(LAUNCHER_FLAGS) /c /Fo$@ $<
+        $(CXX) $(LAUNCHER_FLAGS) /c /Fo$@ $<
 
 $(OUTDIR)\*.obj: $(LAUNCHERDIR)\*.c $(LAUNCHERDIR)\*.h $(LAUNCHERDIR_SHARE)\*.c $(LAUNCHERDIR_SHARE)\*.h
 
 launcher: $(OUTDIR)\java.obj $(OUTDIR)\java_md.obj $(OUTDIR)\jli_util.obj
 	echo $(JAVA_HOME) > jdkpath.txt  
-	$(LINK) $(LINK_FLAGS) /out:hotspot.exe $**
+	$(LD) $(LD_FLAGS) /out:hotspot.exe $**
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/windows/makefiles/product.make
--- a/make/windows/makefiles/product.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/windows/makefiles/product.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 !include ../local.make
 !include compile.make
 
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) $(PRODUCT_OPT_OPTION)
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) $(PRODUCT_OPT_OPTION)
 
 RELEASE=
 
@@ -54,16 +54,16 @@
 # Kernel doesn't need exported vtbl symbols.
 !if "$(Variant)" == "kernel"
 $(AOUT): $(Res_Files) $(Obj_Files)
-	$(LINK) @<<
-  $(LINK_FLAGS) /out:$@ /implib:$*.lib $(Obj_Files) $(Res_Files)
+	$(LD) @<<
+  $(LD_FLAGS) /out:$@ /implib:$*.lib $(Obj_Files) $(Res_Files)
 <<
 !else
 vm.def: $(Obj_Files)
 	sh $(WorkSpace)/make/windows/build_vm_def.sh
 
 $(AOUT): $(Res_Files) $(Obj_Files) vm.def
-	$(LINK) @<<
-  $(LINK_FLAGS) /out:$@ /implib:$*.lib /def:vm.def $(Obj_Files) $(Res_Files)
+	$(LD) @<<
+  $(LD_FLAGS) /out:$@ /implib:$*.lib /def:vm.def $(Obj_Files) $(Res_Files)
 <<
 !endif
 !if "$(MT)" != ""
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/windows/makefiles/projectcreator.make
--- a/make/windows/makefiles/projectcreator.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/windows/makefiles/projectcreator.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
         -jdkTargetRoot $(HOTSPOTJDKDIST) \
         -define ALIGN_STACK_FRAMES \
         -define VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN \
-        -prelink  "" "Generating vm.def..." "cd $(HOTSPOTBUILDSPACE)\%f\%b	set HOTSPOTMKSHOME=$(HOTSPOTMKSHOME)	set JAVA_HOME=$(HOTSPOTJDKDIST)	$(HOTSPOTMKSHOME)\sh $(HOTSPOTWORKSPACE)\make\windows\build_vm_def.sh $(LINK_VER)" \
+        -prelink  "" "Generating vm.def..." "cd $(HOTSPOTBUILDSPACE)\%f\%b	set HOTSPOTMKSHOME=$(HOTSPOTMKSHOME)	set JAVA_HOME=$(HOTSPOTJDKDIST)	$(HOTSPOTMKSHOME)\sh $(HOTSPOTWORKSPACE)\make\windows\build_vm_def.sh $(LD_VER)" \
         -postbuild "" "Building hotspot.exe..." "cd $(HOTSPOTBUILDSPACE)\%f\%b	set HOTSPOTMKSHOME=$(HOTSPOTMKSHOME)	nmake -f $(HOTSPOTWORKSPACE)\make\windows\projectfiles\common\Makefile LOCAL_MAKE=$(HOTSPOTBUILDSPACE)\%f\local.make JAVA_HOME=$(HOTSPOTJDKDIST) launcher" \
         -ignoreFile jsig.c \
         -ignoreFile jvmtiEnvRecommended.cpp \
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/windows/makefiles/sa.make
--- a/make/windows/makefiles/sa.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/windows/makefiles/sa.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -91,16 +91,16 @@
 !if "$(COMPILER_NAME)" == "VS2005"
 # On amd64, VS2005 compiler requires bufferoverflowU.lib on the link command line, 
 # otherwise we get missing __security_check_cookie externals at link time. 
-SA_LINK_FLAGS = bufferoverflowU.lib
+SA_LD_FLAGS = bufferoverflowU.lib
 !endif
 !else
 SA_CFLAGS = /nologo $(MS_RUNTIME_OPTION) /W3 /Gm $(GX_OPTION) /ZI /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /YX /FD /GZ /c
 !endif
 !if "$(MT)" != ""
-SA_LINK_FLAGS = /manifest $(SA_LINK_FLAGS)
+SA_LD_FLAGS = /manifest $(SA_LD_FLAGS)
 !endif
 SASRCFILE = $(AGENT_DIR)/src/os/win32/windbg/sawindbg.cpp
-SA_LFLAGS = $(SA_LINK_FLAGS) /nologo /subsystem:console /map /debug /machine:$(MACHINE)
+SA_LFLAGS = $(SA_LD_FLAGS) /nologo /subsystem:console /map /debug /machine:$(MACHINE)
 
 # Note that we do not keep sawindbj.obj around as it would then
 # get included in the dumpbin command in build_vm_def.sh
@@ -110,14 +110,14 @@
 # Use ";#2" for .dll and ";#1" for .exe in the MT command below:
 $(SAWINDBG): $(SASRCFILE)
 	set INCLUDE=$(SA_INCLUDE)$(INCLUDE)
-	$(CPP) @<<
+	$(CXX) @<<
 	  /I"$(BootStrapDir)/include" /I"$(BootStrapDir)/include/win32" 
 	  /I"$(GENERATED)" $(SA_CFLAGS)
 	  $(SASRCFILE)
 	  /out:sawindbg.obj
 <<
 	set LIB=$(SA_LIB)$(LIB)
-	$(LINK) /out:$@ /DLL sawindbg.obj dbgeng.lib $(SA_LFLAGS)
+	$(LD) /out:$@ /DLL sawindbg.obj dbgeng.lib $(SA_LFLAGS)
 !if "$(MT)" != ""
 	$(MT) /manifest $(@F).manifest /outputresource:$(@F);#2
 !endif
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/windows/makefiles/sanity.make
--- a/make/windows/makefiles/sanity.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/windows/makefiles/sanity.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@
 	echo *** WARNING *** unrecognized cl.exe version $(MSC_VER) ($(RAW_MSC_VER)).  Use FORCE_MSC_VER to override automatic detection.
 
 checkLink:
-	@ if "$(LINK_VER)" NEQ "710" if "$(LINK_VER)" NEQ "800" if "$(LINK_VER)" NEQ "900" if "$(LINK_VER)" NEQ "1000" \
-	echo *** WARNING *** unrecognized link.exe version $(LINK_VER) ($(RAW_LINK_VER)).  Use FORCE_LINK_VER to override automatic detection.
+	@ if "$(LD_VER)" NEQ "710" if "$(LD_VER)" NEQ "800" if "$(LD_VER)" NEQ "900" if "$(LD_VER)" NEQ "1000" \
+	echo *** WARNING *** unrecognized link.exe version $(LD_VER) ($(RAW_LD_VER)).  Use FORCE_LD_VER to override automatic detection.
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/windows/makefiles/shared.make
--- a/make/windows/makefiles/shared.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/windows/makefiles/shared.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 DIR=.
 !endif
 
-!ifndef CPP
-CPP=cl.exe
+!ifndef CXX
+CXX=cl.exe
 !endif
 
 
diff -r c77d473e71f7 -r 719f7007c8e8 make/windows/makefiles/vm.make
--- a/make/windows/makefiles/vm.make	Tue Jan 31 13:12:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/make/windows/makefiles/vm.make	Mon Feb 06 09:14:22 2012 +0100
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
 
 !ifdef RELEASE
 !ifdef DEVELOP
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "DEBUG"
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "DEBUG"
 !else
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "PRODUCT"
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "PRODUCT"
 !endif
 !else
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "ASSERT"
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "ASSERT"
 !endif
 
 !if "$(Variant)" == "core"
@@ -45,19 +45,19 @@
 !endif
 
 !if "$(Variant)" == "kernel"
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "KERNEL"
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "KERNEL"
 !endif
 
 !if "$(Variant)" == "compiler1"
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "COMPILER1"
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "COMPILER1"
 !endif
 
 !if "$(Variant)" == "compiler2"
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "COMPILER2"
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "COMPILER2"
 !endif
 
 !if "$(Variant)" == "tiered"
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "COMPILER1" /D "COMPILER2"
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "COMPILER1" /D "COMPILER2"
 !endif
 
 !if "$(BUILDARCH)" == "i486"
@@ -67,21 +67,21 @@
 !endif
 
 # The following variables are defined in the generated local.make file.
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "HOTSPOT_RELEASE_VERSION=\"$(HS_BUILD_VER)\""
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "JRE_RELEASE_VERSION=\"$(JRE_RELEASE_VER)\""
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "HOTSPOT_LIB_ARCH=\"$(HOTSPOT_LIB_ARCH)\""
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "HOTSPOT_BUILD_TARGET=\"$(BUILD_FLAVOR)\""
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "HOTSPOT_BUILD_USER=\"$(BuildUser)\""
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "HOTSPOT_VM_DISTRO=\"$(HOTSPOT_VM_DISTRO)\""
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "HOTSPOT_RELEASE_VERSION=\"$(HS_BUILD_VER)\""
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "JRE_RELEASE_VERSION=\"$(JRE_RELEASE_VER)\""
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "HOTSPOT_LIB_ARCH=\"$(HOTSPOT_LIB_ARCH)\""
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "HOTSPOT_BUILD_TARGET=\"$(BUILD_FLAVOR)\""
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "HOTSPOT_BUILD_USER=\"$(BuildUser)\""
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "HOTSPOT_VM_DISTRO=\"$(HOTSPOT_VM_DISTRO)\""
 
 !ifndef JAVASE_EMBEDDED
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "INCLUDE_TRACE"
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "INCLUDE_TRACE"
 !endif
 
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS)
 
 # Define that so jni.h is on correct side
-CPP_FLAGS=$(CPP_FLAGS) /D "_JNI_IMPLEMENTATION_"
+CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D "_JNI_IMPLEMENTATION_"
 
 !if "$(BUILDARCH)" == "ia64"
 STACK_SIZE="/STACK:1048576,262144"
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 
 # If you modify exports below please do the corresponding changes in
 # src/share/tools/ProjectCreator/WinGammaPlatformVC7.java
-LINK_FLAGS=$(LINK_FLAGS) $(STACK_SIZE) /subsystem:windows /dll /base:0x8000000 \
+LD_FLAGS=$(LD_FLAGS) $(STACK_SIZE) /subsystem:windows /dll /base:0x8000000 \
   /export:JNI_GetDefaultJavaVMInitArgs       \
   /export:JNI_CreateJavaVM                   \
   /export:JVM_FindClassFromBootLoader        \
@@ -118,25 +118,25 @@
   /export:JVM_GetThreadStateValues           \
   /export:JVM_InitAgentProperties
 
-CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS=/I "..\generated"
+CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS=/I "..\generated"
 
 !if exists($(ALTSRC)\share\vm)
-CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS=$(CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS) /I "$(ALTSRC)\share\vm"
+CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS=$(CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS) /I "$(ALTSRC)\share\vm"
 !endif
 
 !if exists($(ALTSRC)\os\windows\vm)
-CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS=$(CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS) /I "$(ALTSRC)\os\windows\vm"
+CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS=$(CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS) /I "$(ALTSRC)\os\windows\vm"
 !endif
 
 !if exists($(ALTSRC)\os_cpu\windows_$(Platform_arch)\vm)
-CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS=$(CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS) /I "$(ALTSRC)\os_cpu\windows_$(Platform_arch)\vm"
+CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS=$(CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS) /I "$(ALTSRC)\os_cpu\windows_$(Platform_arch)\vm"
 !endif
 
 !if exists($(ALTSRC)\cpu\$(Platform_arch)\vm)
-CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS=$(CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS) /I "$(ALTSRC)\cpu\$(Platform_arch)\vm"
+CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS=$(CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS) /I "$(ALTSRC)\cpu\$(Platform_arch)\vm"
 !endif
 
-CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS=$(CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS) \
+CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS=$(CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS) \
   /I "$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm" \
   /I "$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\precompiled" \
   /I "$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\prims" \
@@ -144,12 +144,12 @@
   /I "$(COMMONSRC)\os_cpu\windows_$(Platform_arch)\vm" \
   /I "$(COMMONSRC)\cpu\$(Platform_arch)\vm"
 
-CPP_DONT_USE_PCH=/D DONT_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADER
+CXX_DONT_USE_PCH=/D DONT_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADER
 
 !if "$(USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADER)" != "0"
-CPP_USE_PCH=/Fp"vm.pch" /Yu"precompiled.hpp"
+CXX_USE_PCH=/Fp"vm.pch" /Yu"precompiled.hpp"
 !else
-CPP_USE_PCH=$(CPP_DONT_USE_PCH)
+CXX_USE_PCH=$(CXX_DONT_USE_PCH)
 !endif
 
 # Where to find the source code for the virtual machine (is this used?)
@@ -194,101 +194,101 @@
 # Special case files not using precompiled header files.
 
 c1_RInfo_$(Platform_arch).obj: $(WorkSpace)\src\cpu\$(Platform_arch)\vm\c1_RInfo_$(Platform_arch).cpp 
-	 $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_DONT_USE_PCH) /c $(WorkSpace)\src\cpu\$(Platform_arch)\vm\c1_RInfo_$(Platform_arch).cpp
+	 $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_DONT_USE_PCH) /c $(WorkSpace)\src\cpu\$(Platform_arch)\vm\c1_RInfo_$(Platform_arch).cpp
 
 os_windows.obj: $(WorkSpace)\src\os\windows\vm\os_windows.cpp
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_DONT_USE_PCH) /c $(WorkSpace)\src\os\windows\vm\os_windows.cpp
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_DONT_USE_PCH) /c $(WorkSpace)\src\os\windows\vm\os_windows.cpp
 
 os_windows_$(Platform_arch).obj: $(WorkSpace)\src\os_cpu\windows_$(Platform_arch)\vm\os_windows_$(Platform_arch).cpp
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_DONT_USE_PCH) /c $(WorkSpace)\src\os_cpu\windows_$(Platform_arch)\vm\os_windows_$(Platform_arch).cpp
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_DONT_USE_PCH) /c $(WorkSpace)\src\os_cpu\windows_$(Platform_arch)\vm\os_windows_$(Platform_arch).cpp
 
 osThread_windows.obj: $(WorkSpace)\src\os\windows\vm\osThread_windows.cpp
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_DONT_USE_PCH) /c $(WorkSpace)\src\os\windows\vm\osThread_windows.cpp
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_DONT_USE_PCH) /c $(WorkSpace)\src\os\windows\vm\osThread_windows.cpp
 
 conditionVar_windows.obj: $(WorkSpace)\src\os\windows\vm\conditionVar_windows.cpp
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_DONT_USE_PCH) /c $(WorkSpace)\src\os\windows\vm\conditionVar_windows.cpp
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_DONT_USE_PCH) /c $(WorkSpace)\src\os\windows\vm\conditionVar_windows.cpp
 
 getThread_windows_$(Platform_arch).obj: $(WorkSpace)\src\os_cpu\windows_$(Platform_arch)\vm\getThread_windows_$(Platform_arch).cpp
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_DONT_USE_PCH) /c $(WorkSpace)\src\os_cpu\windows_$(Platform_arch)\vm\getThread_windows_$(Platform_arch).cpp
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_DONT_USE_PCH) /c $(WorkSpace)\src\os_cpu\windows_$(Platform_arch)\vm\getThread_windows_$(Platform_arch).cpp
 
 opcodes.obj: $(WorkSpace)\src\share\vm\opto\opcodes.cpp
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_DONT_USE_PCH) /c $(WorkSpace)\src\share\vm\opto\opcodes.cpp
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_DONT_USE_PCH) /c $(WorkSpace)\src\share\vm\opto\opcodes.cpp
 
 bytecodeInterpreter.obj: $(WorkSpace)\src\share\vm\interpreter\bytecodeInterpreter.cpp
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_DONT_USE_PCH) /c $(WorkSpace)\src\share\vm\interpreter\bytecodeInterpreter.cpp
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_DONT_USE_PCH) /c $(WorkSpace)\src\share\vm\interpreter\bytecodeInterpreter.cpp
 
 bytecodeInterpreterWithChecks.obj: ..\generated\jvmtifiles\bytecodeInterpreterWithChecks.cpp
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_DONT_USE_PCH) /c ..\generated\jvmtifiles\bytecodeInterpreterWithChecks.cpp
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_DONT_USE_PCH) /c ..\generated\jvmtifiles\bytecodeInterpreterWithChecks.cpp
 
 # Default rules for the Virtual Machine
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\c1}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\compiler}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\code}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\interpreter}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\ci}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\classfile}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\gc_implementation\parallelScavenge}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\gc_implementation\shared}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\gc_implementation\parNew}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\gc_implementation\concurrentMarkSweep}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\gc_implementation\g1}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\gc_interface}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\asm}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\memory}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\oops}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\prims}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\runtime}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\services}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\trace}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\utilities}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\libadt}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\share\vm\opto}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\os\windows\vm}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 # This guy should remain a single colon rule because
 # otherwise we can't specify the output filename.
@@ -296,113 +296,113 @@
         @$(RC) $(RC_FLAGS) /fo"$@" $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\cpu\$(Platform_arch)\vm}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(COMMONSRC)\os_cpu\windows_$(Platform_arch)\vm}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\c1}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\compiler}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\code}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\interpreter}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\ci}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\classfile}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\gc_implementation\parallelScavenge}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\gc_implementation\shared}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\gc_implementation\parNew}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\gc_implementation\concurrentMarkSweep}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\gc_implementation\g1}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\gc_interface}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\asm}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\memory}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\oops}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\prims}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\runtime}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\services}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\trace}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\utilities}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\libadt}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\opto}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\os\windows\vm}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 # otherwise we can't specify the output filename.
 {$(ALTSRC)\os\windows\vm}.rc.res:
         @$(RC) $(RC_FLAGS) /fo"$@" $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\cpu\$(Platform_arch)\vm}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\os_cpu\windows_$(Platform_arch)\vm}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {..\generated\incls}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {..\generated\adfiles}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {..\generated\jvmtifiles}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\jfr}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\jfr\agent}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\jfr\agent\isolated_deps\util}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 {$(ALTSRC)\share\vm\jfr\jvm}.cpp.obj::
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) $(CPP_USE_PCH) /c $<
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_USE_PCH) /c $<
 
 default::
 
 _build_pch_file.obj:
         @echo #include "precompiled.hpp" > ../generated/_build_pch_file.cpp
-        $(CPP) $(CPP_FLAGS) /Fp"vm.pch" /Yc"precompiled.hpp" /c ../generated/_build_pch_file.cpp
+        $(CXX) $(CXX_FLAGS) /Fp"vm.pch" /Yc"precompiled.hpp" /c ../generated/_build_pch_file.cpp