From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,79b248c1cf206957 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-06 12:35:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!nntp.itservices.ubc.ca!cyclone.bc.net!news-out.newsfeeds.com!propagator2-maxim!propagator-maxim!news-in.spamkiller.net!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!59ce1190!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CFFB959.42EA3C6@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why is memory footprint smaller when compiled static? References: <17cd177c.0206060626.197bfd2e@posting.google.com> <3cff7ae7@news.cadence.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 19:35:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.184.110.90 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1023392114 63.184.110.90 (Thu, 06 Jun 2002 12:35:14 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 12:35:14 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25419 Date: 2002-06-06T19:35:14+00:00 List-Id: Jean-Pierre Rosen wrote: > > Back in 1978 (circa) I wrote a linker. It was able to do dead code elimination, as well as to resolve all references irrespectively > of the order of the modules given on the command line. Sigh.... Yes, and I used to use a DOS-extender Ada-83 compiler from RR S/W that did dead-code elimination in the 1980s. Also in the 1980s Tartan made an Ada-83 compiler that produced faster code than their highly optimizing C compilers. In 1969, the US was able to send people to the moon. In 1964, the US could build an aircraft that could fly at Mach 4+ at 80,000+ ft. But as we all know you can't do those things anymore. -- Jeff Carter "I fart in your general direction." Monty Python & the Holy Grail