Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 23:21:40 +0200 From: Peter Korsten <peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATT Unix for Windows ! Message-ID: <19970826232140.15125@grendel.IAEhv.nl> In-Reply-To: <199708261537.LAA24177@gatekeeper.itribe.net>; from Jamie Bowden on Tue, Aug 26, 1997 at 11:41:44AM -0400 References: <199708261433.HAA13625@hub.freebsd.org> <199708261537.LAA24177@gatekeeper.itribe.net>
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Jamie Bowden shared with us: > On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > > > i am surprised by this, a friend of mine here, recently had to > > learn C. the course dictated the use of VC++. he went thru > > hell getting VC++ to do what he wanted. i showed him how i > > would do it in xemacs/gcc (i am NOT xemacs skilled much less > > a wizard). he wanted to know why he had to use VC++! > > > > one ancedote for what its worth. > > Especially considering c++ is not c. I don't see the problem. VC++ distinguishes between C and C++. If you don't use C++, you get C-style linking. If you mix the two, you have to place something like #if defined( __cplusplus ) extern "C" { #endif in your code - but that's really the standard way of doing things. - Peter
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