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From: kearns@read.columbia.edu (Steve Kearns)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: extern - when to use it
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Date: 28 Jul 89 19:00:25 GMT
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Would someone post an article explaining the proper use of
extern when declaring function?  When is it neccessary, 
just a good idea, a bad idea?  What about the new
'extern "C" ' I have been hearing about?

-steve