Re: How a linker works (continued)

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Re: How a linker works (continued)

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Date:	Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:16:32 -0700 PDT
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On Mar 26, 3:25 pm, jacob navia <ja...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> robertwess...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > This is one of the many good reason to use lint.  And an area where C+
> > + is arguably a "better C" than C.
>
> Why not c hanged it and specify the linker model correctly?

Presumably the usual reason: a desire not to break existing code.  Is
it a good "feature"?  Not IMO, although it is sometimes useful, but
the behavior is the way it is.

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