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andrek koenig wrote:
: 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.

	Or that he is correct, as he is 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.

	Really?  I'll have to remember that next time I like a gnu C
compiled program with a sun c compiled program.  

: 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.

	That's too bad.  All of mine link ok.

: Getting a single binary library to work with both those
: C compilers is no easier than it is in C++.

	Wrong.  As evidence, we do this all the time in C,
but I've never seen it done 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.

	I see.  Running the program once during the development cycle would
be too much effort.

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