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From: rjc@cstr.ed.ac.uk (Richard Caley)
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Subject: Re: low level optimization
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Date: 24 Apr 91 01:38:41 GMT
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In-reply-to: jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov's message of 22 Apr 91 15:00:32 GMT

In article <22245@lanl.gov>, Jim Giles (jg) writes:

jg> Sounds exactly like what _I_ keep saying: the functionality _can_
jg> be performed in a standard conforming way by the loader or some
jg> other load-time tool.

There have been at least two postings giving methods by which a
conforming implementation can do inter-file optimisations with the
linker doing nothing but link and allowing the user to later change
and recompile one file at the expense of loosing the optimisations. 

Do you read this group?

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