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From: "Bruce_G._Kahler.rochX2"@XEROX.COM
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Linking against RTLs
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Date: Wed, 5-Aug-87 09:01:26 EDT
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I have a somewhat naiive question on the discussion of the above topic.
If the purpose of the RTL routines is to provide an interface into the
VMS environment in which the program is running, then even if you can
include all the code in the image file, don't you run the risk of
incompatability between the RTL routines where you linked the program
and the system where it is run?  Wouldn't a safer approach be to port
object modules to the target sytem and re-link there as part of "product
installation"?