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From: Nick Roberts <nick.roberts@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Efficiently setting up large quantities of constant data
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:25:52 +0000
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Dr. Adrian Wrigley wrote:

>>You could give "objcopy" a try. It can convert a binary file into an
>>object file which could then be linked normally.
> 
> This is exactly what I've been looking for!  Thanks!

I was going to say, this is a capability that compilers /should/
support (one way or another).

-- 
Nick Roberts