Does g++ really need to compile main, if c++ code is involved?

[Florian Weimer]

* Eric Wolf:

> We have a big bunch of C and C++ code in our product and compile
> main with g++, because I read in
>
> http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq/overview-mixing-langs.html
>
> that this is needed.

This is target-dependent.  For example, GNU/Linux generally doesn't
have a problem anymore with a C main and C++ code elsewhere.