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From: clc5q@shamash.cs.Virginia.EDU
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Subject: Re: Linkers & Loaders, books & article references sought
Keywords: linker, bibliography
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Date: 25 Jan 91 14:44:20 GMT
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Another source on linkers/loaders is :

 "Systems Programming", by John J. Donovan, in the Computer Science
Series by McGraw-Hill, 1972. The book uses a simplified IBM 370-style
assembly language in its various chapters on systems programming topics.
There are chapters on Assemblers, Macro-Assemblers, Loaders/Linkers,
Programming Languages, Formal Languages, Compilers, and Operating Systems.
There is also an appendix on "Linkage Conventions."  I don't care much
for the IBM 360/370 architecture or assembly language, but the book is
a good source for the assembler/macro-assembler/linker/loader info that
is rare in compiler books.

 Assembler and linker/loader design for an 8080 microcomputer are discussed
in "Systems Programming for Small Computers," by Daniel H. Marcellus,
Prentice-Hall, 1984. Only about 10 pages on linkers/loaders. Also has
chapters on primitive ROM monitor operating system; CP/M operating system;
an interpreter for a subset of BASIC; a compiler for the same; text editor
design; assembler; macro-assembler; and multi-tasking operating systems
for micros.

Two early papers are listed in the bibliography of the loaders chapter in
Donovan's book:

McCarthy, John, Fernando J. Corbato and Marjorie M. Daggett:  "The Linking
    Segment Subprogram Language and Linking Loader," CACM, vol. 6, no. 7,
    June, 1963, pp. 391-395.

McGee, W.C.:  "On Dynamic Program Relocation,"  IBM Systems Journal, vol. 4,
    no. 3, 1965, pp. 184-199.


I also recall Bill Gear's book, "Computer Organization and Programming,"
from about 1969; does anyone have a copy to check for linker/loader info?


 Clark Coleman
 clc5q@virginia.edu
 University of Virginia Computer Science
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