>what linker did and how it worked But isn't that highly language and implementation specific? E.g. if I recall correctly the original Turbo Pascal linker was

>what linker did and how it worked But isn't that highly language and implementation specific? E.g. if I recall correctly the original Turbo Pascal linker was a trivial piece of software and did very little while modern C++ linkers (like gold linker) are monstrously complex and do a hell lot.