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not-for-mail@rubb.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de  (Martin H. Ludwig ) writes:

>I want to call some functions of my old C-library from my C++ program.
>Due to the different calling format the linker replies errors:
>He seaches for the complete functions with the types of the arguments but
>in the libs there are only the simple function names with an underscore
>(C-convention I think).
>My question: How can I call my C-library function from my C++-program?
>I use GCC V2.3.3 under Linux

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