Subject: what can link.exe do that cygwin32-ld can't ?
From: [email-masked] (Ulrich Lauther)

3 Jul 1997 09:01:18 -0700
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In the FAQ, under the heading
"Can I mix objects compiled with msvc++ and gcc?       "

it is said:  "The key seems to be using MS's LINK.EXE
to do the linking instead of GNU ld."

Could somebody enlighten me why that is the case? It prevents me from using a cross
compiler/linker.

	-ulrich

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