Re: Smart linking under UNIX

schwartz@groucho.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz)
Mon, 19 Aug 1991 18:32:49 -0400

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From: schwartz@groucho.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz)
In-Reply-To: umh@vax5.cit.cornell.edu's message of 19 Aug 91 05: 10:27 GMT
Keywords: linker
Organization: penn state university, computer science
References: 91-08-085
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1991 18:32:49 -0400

In article 91-08-085 umh@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
    This brings up something I've wondered about. Why do "Standard Unix" linkers
    only include entire object files-


Because of the Daemon of Eternal Compatability with the Evils of the Past, in
conjunction with the Daemon of Premature Standardization on the Evils of the
Future. People who write compilers for modern languages like Ada and Oberon
often use custom linkers, but that doesn't help the general problem.
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