OPTLINK needs to die.

[Tim M]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:27:14 +1300, Jarrett Billingsley  
<jarrett.billingsley at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's it -- I'm finished.  I'm tired of constantly rearranging code
> to appease OPTLINK and its outdated object format.
>
> This is, for me, the number one blocker of most of my more complex
> code on Windows.  More than any DMD bug.  Tom S can vouch for it too,
> and Eldar sounds like he s about to give up on D after dealing with
> OPTLINK's crashes.
>
> OpenWatcom is not an option.  It seems to be buggy with regards to
> weak symbols.  Furthermore its documentation is sparse at best and its
> option syntax is completely different from OPTLINK's.
>
> I *do not care* how fast OPTLINK is.  I *do not care* how many hours
> of hand-coded assembly went into it.  I want a linker that *works*,
> and preferably one that doesn't use an object format that *no other
> modern compilers use*.
>
> Please do not underestimate the importance of this, Walter.  OMF and
> OPTLINK will continue to be a thorn in DMD's side unless you do
> something about it now.


Just checking you are aware of objconv which can be found here  
http://www.agner.org/optimize/.