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by binarycrusader 4724 days ago
C++ has an ABI that almost all vendors actively work towards conformance to called the Itanium C++ ABI (yes, it applies to other architectures too):

  This document was developed jointly by an informal
  industry coalition consisting of (in alphabetical order)
  CodeSourcery, Compaq, EDG, HP, IBM, Intel, Red Hat, and
  SGI. Additional contributions were provided by a variety of
  individuals.
  ...
  In general, this document is written as a generic
  specification, to be usable by C++ implementations on a
  variety of architectures.
http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/cxxabi-1.83.html