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From: carolyn@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A shared library (mostly) in C
Message-ID: <2028@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Jun-87 18:30:50 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 18 18:30:50 1987
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References: <10090@decwrl.DEC.COM> <4410007@hpcvcd.HP> <1377@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu>
Reply-To: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <1377@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) writes:
>[]  (re: needing ability to specify which lib to get function from)
>
>I also understand that I have gone a little overboard at times with the
>scenarios; but I wanted to point out that the dangers are real and
>probably need some official CBM word other than "let the linker do it"
>since, as I pointed out, the linker can't usually do it.

   Sounds like a nice linker enhancement, but I suggest that you contact
Lattice or Manx and request it.  Both currently distribute their own
linkers with their compilers, not Alink.  I believe our Alink is written
in BCPL by Metacomco and is Copyright Metacomco.  It would probably have
to be enhanced by Metacomco (at our cost) and the people who wrote it
there may have left with Tim King when he formed his own company.
In addition, enhancing our linker is certainly not a priority item
in comparison with the other things we are all trying to do here.
On the other hand, compilers and linkers are Manx and Lattice's bread
and butter.  I think they might be glad to implement your enhancement.

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