Re: configure on master checks for C++ compiler

[Richard Stallman]

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  > And unfortunately this is because of a well-known limitation in
  > Autoconf: the two distinct checks for C++ compilers both AC_REQUIRE a
  > C++ compiler, leading M4 to place the check at the top of the macro
  > expansion stack.  The result of the check remains unused unless one of
  > the two conditions above are satisfied.

Since the failure of the check for a C++ compiler causes no problem
on platforms which don't need a C++ compiler, I think we can
live with this.  It is inelegant but no worse.

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Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
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