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Re: “Is C++ Dead?”

From Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.ada, comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: “Is C++ Dead?”
Date 2026-03-15 22:23 +0000
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On Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:37:59 +0000, Tristan Wibberley wrote:

> I suspect that once upon a time they used linker+c but boilerplate
> reduction and the gradual obsolescence of linker scripts to control
> memory layout lead to C++ and custom layout tools.

Where is there an industrial-strength linker that doesn’t support
scripts? GNU ld certainly does, and that is heavily used in
cross-platform and embedded scenarios. I think the GNU tools have
become dominant in that whole segment.

Of course you need custom build scripts as well, to get things into
the right format for a bootloader, or even to build the bootloader.

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Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-03-12 19:46 +0000
  Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-14 23:35 +0000
    Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-03-15 13:35 +0000
      Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-15 15:37 +0000
        Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-03-15 17:58 +0000
        Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-15 22:23 +0000
          Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-16 15:34 +0000
            Re: Re: “Is C++ Dead?” scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-03-16 15:58 +0000
              Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-17 00:02 +0000

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