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In article <31683229.446B9B3D@bbn.com> Joe Kraska <jkraska@bbn.com> writes:

> ANSI-C libraries are much easier to handle than C++ 
> libraries, for a whole host of reasons, not the least of which is
> the stupid-dumb-fuck-mistake of not having a name-mangling standard
> for C++.

The thing about hurling expletives around like that
is that it's so embarrassing when you're wrong -- as
you are in this case.

Having a name-mangling standard would not solve any
problems, because it would do nothing toward solving
the binary compatibility problems that affect not
only C++ but also C.

I have two mutually incompatible C compilers on my workstation.
They generate names that look the same to the linker, but they
put arguments and return results in different registers.

Getting a single binary library to work with both those
C compilers is no easier than it is in C++.  In fact, I can
plausibly argue that it would be easier if those two compilers
used different conventions for linkage names -- that way I could
tell when I was headed for a fall before trying to run the
program.
-- 
				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@research.att.com