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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Liborders, reboots and a mundane matter
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Date: 14 Jul 90 15:01:30 GMT
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In article <24216@nigel.udel.EDU> HBO043%DJUKFA11.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Christoph van Wuellen) writes:
>The whole liborder discussion reveals nothing but the deficiencies of
>the MINIX-PC asld/library concept.

I agree.  The MINIX ANSI compiler, which is being beta-tested now, has a
ranlib mechanism built into the linker (which is separate from the 
assembler, as in MINIX-ST).

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)