smart linker

Brian Bliss bliss at sp64.csrd.uiuc.edu
Sun Feb 24 09:21:54 AEST 1991


I used to use Pyramid's sequent multiprocessor for a class.
It has an optimizing linker that only included routines that
were referenced, not entire object modules.  If I remember correctly,
It would also removeunreferenced code/data from object modules that 
were not in libraries, so the algorithm used must have bee more
along the lines of "include a module, then remove everything
unreferenced", instead of "only include the needed symbols".

bb



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