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RE: any "smart linking" efforts?
- To: "Nick Clifton" <nickc at cambridge dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: any "smart linking" efforts?
- From: "Cristi Vlasceanu" <cristiv at amazon dot com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 11:01:13 -0800
- Cc: <binutils at sources dot redhat dot com>
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Hi Nick,
Do you know what would it take (or what are the obstacles) to add GC for
dynamically linked executables? I could give it a try if I knew where to
start...
Thanks,
-- Cristi
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nickc@north-pole.nickc.cambridge.redhat.com
> [mailto:nickc@north-pole.nickc.cambridge.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Nick
> Clifton
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 2:08 AM
> To: cristiv@amazon.com
> Cc: binutils@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: any "smart linking" efforts?
>
>
> Hi Cristi,
>
> I think that in general the answer to your question is yes and no.
> Yes people are working on extending and improving the linker, adding
> new features and so on. No, nobody is currently working on adding
> garbage collection for dynamically linked executables. (At least not
> to my knowledge).
>
> Cheers
> Nick
>