Hi,
You need to link with a C++ capable linker only if you are statically
linking. If you are using DLLs you don't need a C++ capable linker. So yes,
you can do that, and the interface with other programming language.
Best,
Scuri
On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 12:28 AM, Andrew Robinson <arobinso...@cox.net>
wrote:
> Hello again!
>
> The documentation for IM says that internally IM is written in C++, but
> the API is written for C and not C++. So why is it that I need to link with
> a C++ capable linker? That makes it sound like the API is not C compatible,
> so which is it?
>
> Let me rephrase that. If I want to call the IM dll directly, I would
> follow the API as written, which appears as a C style interface, i.e. -- no
> classes, no overridding or overloading of functions, no name mangling, etc.
> Can I do that? That knowledge would allow me to interface to any other
> programming language I please, such as BASIC.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew
>
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