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+<sect2>
+<title>Contents</title>
+
+<para>
+The GCC package contains compilers, preprocessors and the GNU C++
+Library.
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2><title>Description</title>
+
+<sect3><title>Compiler</title>
+
+<para>
+A compiler translates source code in text format to a format
+that a computer understands. After a source code file is compiled into
+an object file, a linker will create an executable file from one or more
+of these compiler generated object files.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>Pre-processor</title>
+
+<para>
+A pre-processor pre-processes a source file, such as including
+the contents of header files into the source file. You generally don't
+do this yourself to save yourself a lot of time. You just insert a line
+like #include &lt;filename&gt;. The pre-processor file insert the
+contents of that file into the source file. That's one of the things a
+pre-processor does.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>C++ Library</title>
+
+<para>
+The C++ library is used by C++ programs. The C++ library contains
+functions that are frequently used in C++ programs. This way the
+programmer doesn't have to write certain functions (such as writing a
+string of text to the screen) from scratch every time he creates a
+program.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+</sect2>
+