library archive problem

[Dave Hammond]

In compiling a large program I am getting a /bin/ld error "too many segments".
While I realize this is peculiar to '286 machines (which I will take up with
comp.unix.xenix), a general program assembly question persists:

    1. Is there any (dis)advantage to archiving conceptually unrelated
    modules in separate libraries when they are destined to compile into
    one large program anyway? (BTW- by conceptually unrelated I mean
    modules which make up sub-systems within an overall system).
    Is there any taboo on creating a library archive with many, many
    modules ?

    2. What (if any) extraneous code is included in programs which
    specify a library archive on the command line and no modules within
    that library are called? Also, same question where the archive contains
    many modules but only one of the modules is called?


Dave Hammond
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