Compiling C and C++ files together using GCC

Question

I\'m trying to compile C and C++ sources together using GCC.

gcc -std=c++0x test.cpp -std=c99 test.c -lstdc++

Now, this works fine, except that

Answer 1

gcc is the C compiler and g++ is the C++ compiler. You are mixing the two languages with different styles. Compile apart and then link:

gcc -std=c99 -c -o test.c.o test.c
g++ -std=c++0x -c -o test.cpp.o test.cpp
g++ -o executable test.cpp.o test.c.o