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From: Gautier.DeMontmollin@maths.unine.ch (Gautier)
Subject: Re: Looking for a smart linker for GNAT/DOS
Date: 1997/04/18
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Date: 1997-04-18T00:00:00+00:00
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dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:

(...)
> It is certainly the case that in large programs, the elimination of unused
> subprograms would save a lot of code.
> 
> We are currently developing a tool that will in fact operate at the front end
> level and allow complete elimination of unused subprograms.

Wow! Will it be integrated into GNAT (gnatmake) ? 

>                                                             This will be
> useful on systems where the linker is not smart enough, which unfortunately
> is the great majority of systems (both Unix and DOS have traditions of very
> simple stupid linkers -- as far as I know, only AIX among standard Unix
> impementations has a linker that eliminates unused subprograms.

and Turbo Pascal linker among 16 bit DOS linkers...

G.