Very basic: Why won't my makefile work with common suffix - c++

Question

objects = hello.o name.o printing.o
exename = himake
$(exename): $(objects)
$(CC) -o $(exename) $(objects)
%.o: %.cpp
$(CC) -c $^
I am trying to use common suffixes so I do not need to compile 3 files into .o first. This is supposed to do all three with the % wildcard.
It works fine when I do it the long way but not this.
Running the above makefile gives me this error below:
[alex#pcc Dir]$ make
cc -o himake hello.o name.o printing.o
hello.o: In function `__static_initialization_and_destruction_0(int, int)':
hello.cpp:(.text+0x23): undefined reference to `std::ios_base::Init::Init()'
hello.o: In function `__tcf_0':
hello.cpp:(.text+0x66): undefined reference to `std::ios_base::Init::~Init()'
and more that I did not include
Files:
hello.cpp:
// hello.cpp
// standard library
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
// user defined header files
#include "name.h"
#include "printing.h"
int main ()
{
string name;
name = getName(); // getName is in name.h
printHello(name); // printHello is in print.h
return 0;
}
name.cpp
// name.cpp
// user defined header files
#include "name.h"
#include "printing.h"
string getName()
{
string name;
printGreeting(); // printGreeting is from print.h
getline(cin, name);
return name;
}
name.h
// name.h
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
string getName();
printing.cpp
// printing.cpp
// user defined include files
#include "printing.h"
void printGreeting(void)
{
cout << "Your name: ";
return;
}
void printHello (string name)
{
cout << "Hi, " << name << endl;
return;
}
printing.h
// printing.h
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void printGreeting();
void printHello(string);

Answer 1

Because you use the C compiler frontend program, and not the C++ frontend program.
Change $(CC) to $(CXX).