Re: [Mingw-users] Can't link in MSYS

[Nathan S. <nat...@pk...>]

Keith Marshall wrote:
> It is how compilers, and in particular linkers, in general, work on 
> unixy platforms.  (GCC is part of a unixy tool suite).

I'm very familiar with the autotools/gcc build environment on UNIX(linux 
mostly), however, I have never noticed this before.  This could be 
attributed to the fact that when I was writing Makefiles by hand for 
simple projects, I never really had to link to any libraries (other than 
  the standard library, but gcc takes care of that internally), and then 
I immediately learned how to used the GNU Autotools (autoconf/automake 
and friends) which forces proper ordering (doesn't force per say, but if 
you're going to script those pieces by hand, why used automake?)

To all who have replied, thanks for the clarification and thoughts.  I'm 
glad I asked.

-Nathan