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From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
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Subject: Re: archiving block data subroutines...
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Date: 22 Oct 90 23:27:47 GMT
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In article <1990Oct22.130143.29775@cs.dal.ca> bill%biomel@cs.dal.ca writes:
 >                                 One sure fix is to combine the block
 > data unit with a subroutine in one file, since the entire file with
 > both units will then get loaded if the subroutine is called.

Probably sure within this context (Unix systems).  Certainly not sure in
general.  I know of at least one (non Unix) system where this will fail.
In short: there is no solution that will work everywhere, except explicitly
loading the block data subprogram.
--
dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
dik@cwi.nl