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The tyranny of linkers. Nobody wanted to write a new linker for whatever machine they targeted. Finally, GNU made a portable linker and saved the world. It mig
by ncmncm 4y ago
The tyranny of linkers.
Nobody wanted to write a new linker for whatever machine they targeted. Finally, GNU made a portable linker and saved the world. It might have been the first to support 32-character symbols, just about enough to link C++ programs without misery.
- AlbertCory 4y agoThere were platform groups who adapted the C code to each platform, which would include using the correct linker. But if you had code that broke the coding conventions, they could send it back.