On 2012-10-30 03:48, Walter Bright wrote:
No need for :o), it's a fair question.
The linking process itself is pretty simple. The problems come from
designers who can't resist making things as complicated as possible.
Just look at the switches for the various linkers, and what they purport
to do. Then, look at all the complicated file formats it deals with:
res files
def files
linker script files
dwarf
codeview
magic undocumented formats
pe files
shared libraries
eh formats
And that's just the start.
The linker should not be directly built into the compiler. It should be
build as a library, like the rest of the tool chain. The compiler then
calls a function in the linker library to do the linking.
See one of my other replies:
http://forum.dlang.org/thread/jxiupltnfbmbvyxhe...@forum.dlang.org?page=5#post-k6o4en:242bld:241:40digitalmars.com
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/Jacob Carlborg
