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C++ support



At 12:38 24-02-99 -0600, joel at oarcorp.com wrote:
>On 24 Feb 1999, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>
>If C++ is enabled, should the make rules automatically handle linking the
>application against libstdc++?
>
>Whether we use g++ to link or gcc/-lstdc++ is not important.  All  that is
>important is whether or not the make-exe rules should cover this library.

I think it is always safe to use the C++ compiler to invoke the linker.  To 
do so would be more portable for those users potentially not using GNU.