It uses c++ sources and runtime therefore its best to use c++ compiler to build it so it can find the correct runtime, cross compiling with clang fails x86_64-yoe-linux-ld: example-clients/simdtests.cpp.28.o: undefined reference to symbol '__cxa_call_unexpected@@CXXABI_1.3' Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>tags/v1.9.20