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In comp.std.c, ray@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Ray Lauff) writes:
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| #library "/lib/libc.a"

Upon seeing

  #include <math.h>

in the program the compiler has enough information to realize that it
might be a good idea to add -lm to the link phase.  Failing that, it
should be simple to use makedepend(1) to get a list of all include
files your program uses and look up in a database what libraries are
needed.  Add a bit more info to the database to establish the ordering
of libraries on the command line and there ya go.  I agree, it would be
a nifty feature to have built into a compiler, but I see no need to add
another preprocessor directive to accomplish the task.

Another approach: the machine I use has about 40 or so libraries all in
all; I could simply mention all of them on the command line and the linker 
would "do the right thing," slowly though.

      the krill