I can't comment on its "goodness" but the textbook that sprang to mind is Linkers and Loaders: http://www.amazon.com/Linkers-Kaufmann-Software-Engineering-Progr

I can't comment on its "goodness" but the textbook that sprang to mind is Linkers and Loaders: http://www.amazon.com/Linkers-Kaufmann-Software-Engineering-Programming/dp/1558604960 http://www.amazon.com/Linkers-Kaufmann-Software-Engineering-... The bad news is that it's from '99 but, as far as the foundations go, I can't imagine linkers back then were that different.