Re: Pascal vs. linkers, was The History of the ALGOL Effort

Peter Flass <Peter_Flass@Yahoo.com>
12 Sep 2006 19:19:51 -0400

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From: Peter Flass <Peter_Flass@Yahoo.com>
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 19:19:51 -0400
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Posted-Date: 12 Sep 2006 19:19:51 EDT

One other thought on separate compilation. This wasn't relevant to
older card/tape systems, but minis and micros originally had extremely
limited storage. The typical editor either sucks the entire contents
of the file being edited into memory, or else edits block-by-block
like PDP-8 editors. In either case, working with the entirety of a
large program is not particularly convienent, and separate compilation
lets you edit the program a logical piece at a time.

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