I want to make a database program so I figured I'd use mysql++ with a mysql database, only when I go to get the mysql++ libraries I see it is very limited on what systems can use it:

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/other...lus/index.html

Where it says:

Patch for GCC 3.0.

Is that what I'd download to beable to use mysql++ on my slackware 10.0 machine?