> From: Florian Weimer [mailto:fw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > * Jens Kilian: > > I remember only one compiler (HP aCC) which requires compiling main() > > as C++. As far as I know GCC never needed this. > > Some systems need collect2 support for initializers: > > <http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Collect2.html> I interpret this page to mean that GCC will always call the required __main() from main(), even if compiling C code. In this case you wouldn't need to compile main() using g++ (not gcc). As other posters have pointed out, this is really platform dependent. There's a comment in 'libgcc/crtstuff.c' which may be relevant: Additionally, if the target system supports a .init section, this file allows us to support the linking of C++ code with a non-C++ main program. Best regards, Jens.
