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From: jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Desdinova)
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Subject: Re: APW C Package vs. Orca C Package
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Date: 12 Oct 90 18:17:22 GMT
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In article <9010121524.AA20608@apple.com> JWANKERL@UTCVM.BITNET ("Josef W. Wankerl") writes:
>On Wed, 10 Oct 90 18:29:04 GMT Doug Gwyn said:
>>No, current ORCA packages do not include those (although the latest do
>>include "ZapLink", a much faster although nonscriptable linker).
>
>I hate to spoil the party... but ZapLink is indeed scriptable.

   ZapLink is only scriptable in the sense that you can put the command
line parameters in a file.  Big hairy deal.
   APW linker scripts can control to a very fine degree what segments get
put in what load files.
  

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