Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!zen!cory.Berkeley.EDU!schung From: schung@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Stephen the Greatest) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Types Message-ID: <3384@zen.berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 24-Aug-87 12:31:40 EDT Article-I.D.: zen.3384 Posted: Mon Aug 24 12:31:40 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Aug-87 03:57:43 EDT References: <7264@brl-adm.ARPA> <734@sdchema.sdchem.UUCP> Sender: news@zen.berkeley.edu Reply-To: schung@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Stephen the Greatest) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 15 >All that needs to done is to have each library routine avaliable in each >combo of models, and a smart linker which can use them. >-- >John Plocher uwvax!geowhiz!uwspan!plocher plocher%uwspan.UUCP@uwvax.CS.WISC.EDU And now something completely different... What about an object file format that does not distinguish between near/far pointer usage? Have the (real smart) linker generate the right code from these object files. This will put more work to the linker, but make sure that only one version of each library routine must be written. - Stephen