GSOC Linker project

[Paulo Pinto]

This just confirms what I saw yesterday on a presentation.

Many developers re-invent the wheel, or jump to the fad technology of the
year, because they don't have the knowledge of old already proven 
technologies,
that for whatever reason, are no longer common.

We need better ways to preserve knowledge in our industry.

--
Paulo

"Steven Schveighoffer"  wrote in message 
news:op.wdxra01ceav7ka at steves-laptop...

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