I thought that the old point of C++ mangling was that it could use existing linker tech. Do you have some references? Also, my understanding is that, except fo

I thought that the old point of C++ mangling was that it could use existing linker tech. Do you have some references? Also, my understanding is that, except for the very first few prototypes, starting from cfront on the C++ compiler was a real compiler. It just happened to target C instead of asm.