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		zaphirplane 22 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kotlin's rich errors: Native, typed errors without... Oh like how gnu compiler includes an ada compiler ? Or the C++ name mangling ? Obviously there a common heritage and the shared ancestor is c.

pjmlp 21 days ago [–]

C++ name mangling was exactly designed to be able to link C++ code with a standard UNIX linker that only knows C.

GNAT has zero compatibility with C source, doesn't even make sense.

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