Re: [Mingw-users] gfortran static libraries

[Samuel H. <sam...@gm...>]

On 26 Aug 2013, at 11:02, Peter Rockett <p.r...@sh...> wrote:

> On 26/08/13 10:00, Samuel Halliday wrote:
>> On 25 Aug 2013, at 23:36, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Sam Halliday wrote:
> ...snip
>>>> Also, I should note that my .o files are not all Fortran files. Some are also C files. Hence it feels very strange to be using gfortran as the linker. On OS X, the -static-libgfortran works with gcc (but the full path to libquadmath must be called, also with -static-libgcc).
>>>> 
> AFAIU, neither gcc nor gfortran is a 'compiler', nor indeed a 'linker'. 
> They are both front-ends which, dependent on command line parameters, 
> invoke a compiler proper, and then a linker to combine the object files. 
> I think you will find that gcc and gfortran ultimately invoke the same 
> linker, ld. So not strange at all...

That is true, but don't you agree that it is unusual to use gfortran to link objects that are language independent? I much rather use the gcc front-end which is language agnostic.