Re: tlug: 1run C++,Fortran,Ratfor makes

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Sean" == Sean Bennett <sean@example.com> writes:

    Sean> linux's linker is 'ld'; am I correct in assuming Sun's is
    Sean> MRI??  'info ld' makes reference to aiding users in 'the
    Sean> transition to GNU `ld' from the MRI linker'...

In general Unix linkers are called `ld', I doubt Sun would call theirs 
anything else.  This can get confusing ;-) but I'm sure you are right.

    >> Obviously, such a linker would not be available on Linux.)

    Sean> ??  sorry, its not so obvious....

Yes, as you say `ld' can link objects as long as they're in the
correct format.  What I meant is that often OSes provide special
features (threads, real-time, etc), and sometimes these are provided
through special linker actions; these would not be available on Linux.

    Sean> I assumed that 'gmake' was if anything, a souped up 'make'

Usually GNU products are featureful, but if features conflict with
something in Stallman's religion they get omitted with extreme
prejudice.  :-)


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