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From: boyd_m@intertel.UUCP (Mark Boyd)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Link problem using CodeView
Summary: A different linker
Message-ID: <353@intertel.UUCP>
Date: 21 Mar 91 15:09:58 GMT
References: <1991Mar15.022704.24298@oracle.com>
Organization: Inter-Tel, Inc., Chandler, AZ
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> table.  Ugh.  One current (possible) solution is to get another linker that
> understands the CodeView syntax and runs in extended memory.  It would be
> nice, though, if we could use the Microsoft linker.  The link parameters we
> are using are:

We did just that.  We found the OPTLINKS linker (made by SLR Systems) that is
much better than the Microsoft linker.  It will link files for DOS, Windows
2.10, Windows 3.0, and OS/2.  Here are some of the benchmarks:


                Microsoft linker        OPLINKS linker          Size
                ----------------        --------------          ----
.EXE w/o CVW    00:01:06                00:00:30                720K
.EXE with CVW   00:02:12                00:00:36                1500K

Mark Boyd
Inter-Tel, Inc.