GSOC Linker project

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Sat, 05 May 2012 03:06:52 -0400, dennis luehring <dl.soluz at gmx.net>  
wrote:

> Am 04.05.2012 20:26, schrieb Steven Schveighoffer:
>> On Fri, 04 May 2012 13:54:38 -0400, Andrej Mitrovic
>> <andrej.mitrovich at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>>  On 5/4/12, foobar<foo at bar.com>  wrote:
>>>>  How about augmenting the object format so that libraries would be
>>>>  self contained and would not require additional .di files? Is
>>>>  this possible optlink by e.g. adding special sections that would
>>>>  be otherwise ignored?
>>>
>>>  How would you use a library you don't even have the interface to? I
>>>  mean if you can't even look at the API in your editor.. that'd be
>>>  insane.
>>
>> Ever heard of Java?
>>
>> -Steve
>
> ever heard about Turbo Pascal (and delphi) got this feature since turbo  
> pascal 4 around 1987

Honestly?  No.  I've heard of those languages, I don't know anyone who  
uses them, and I've never used them.

I don't mean this as a slight or rebuttal.  Java is just more  
recognizable.  Using either language (Java or TurboPascal) is still a good  
way to prove the point that it is possible and works well.

-Steve