Xref: utzoo comp.software-eng:2638 comp.misc:7614 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.misc Subject: Re: Linkers Message-ID: <7226@ficc.uu.net> Date: 7 Dec 89 17:29:00 GMT References: <9185@hoptoad.uucp> <530@enea.se> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 20 Smart linkers aren't that much of a win in practice, but they are pretty safe for high-level languages. For example, the following situation is not a problem: In article <530@enea.se> sommar@enea.se (Erland Sommarskog) writes: > Routine PIC x(32). > ... > CALL Routine USING.... > Routine is not a literal, it is a string variable. All top entries > corresponds to menu choices. When the user enters a menu choice, > it is looked up in a database, which gives you the name of the > procedure to call. In which case the routine would be referenced in the *database*, and so would be linked in. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . 'U` Also or . "If you want PL/I, you know where to find it." -- Dennis