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From: kim@mips.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Libraries
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Date: Tue, 24-Jun-86 17:08:42 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 24 17:08:42 1986
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[ "Send lawyers, guns, and money ..." ]

> Here is a suggestion for a product that I haven't seen yet for the Amiga,
>
> [ ... discussion of runtime libs ... ]
>
> OK, so what is involved in making such a librarian?  Well, at least there
> is the BCPL environment stuff that must be maintained (why not have a machine
> do this tedious work), as well as jump tables, linking in new modules,
> removing old modules, etc.  Then there is the problem of letting the ROM
> Kernel know that there is a new library.  Also, there might need to be more
> information kept about the library than the library allows for (and still is
> recognized as a library) - this stuff can be kept in a separate file with
> a special dot extension or something.

Seems like a VERY good idea, Mike.  One other requirement on any runtime
library code is that it MUST be fully reentrent ... I dunno if printf or
other standard functions qualify on this point.

/kim

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