need to link 3 files...how?

["Bruce Fisher" <bfisher at tatca dot tc dot faa dot gov>]

i have 3 files named:
main.cpp
person.cpp
person.h

i've #included person.h in my main.cpp.
how do i compile this to run. i know i have to link them together but i dont
know how to do that. someone told me i would have to use "make". i read the
mn pages on this but it really didnt help me out with understanding make.
can anyone help?

thanks in advance