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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Packed versus unpacked assembly: How do you tell?
Message-ID: <2147@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 12 Mar 89 16:30:20 GMT
References: <10580@louie.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <10580@louie.udel.EDU> HELMER%SDNET.BITNET@vm1.nodak.edu (Guy Helmer) writes:
>Forgive me if I'm missing something obvious, but why aren't as and
>ld separate in this first place?

Historical reasons.  We had a combined asld around for reasons that have 
nothing to do with MINIX, but a lot to do with other circumstances at the
time.  It worked fine so it seemed expedient to use it.  ACK now has a real
loader.  Maybe someday I'll get this fixed.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)