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echo: c_plusplus
to: FRANOIS DE MEY
from: JONATHAN DE BOYNE POLLARD
date: 1997-11-06 18:40:00
subject: Watcom underbars...

 FDM> I was wondering why Watcom C compiler put an underbar (_) after each
 FDM> name,  and why Watcom C++ compiler don't.  
Watcom C/C++ mangles a function name according to its signature, return type, 
and calling convention.  This is explained in the C++ User Guide under 
"Assembly Language Considerations".
 ¯ JdeBP ®
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