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From: bill <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: VMS x86-64 database server
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 20:12:15 -0400
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On 7/8/2025 5:58 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jul 2025 07:14:44 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 
>> $ link main2 + sys$input/opt
>> main1shr/share
>> $
>>
>> what bucket would you put main1.exe in?
> 
> Note that, on *nix systems, shareable libraries can be specified directly
> on the command line, without having to go through options files. Why does
> the VMS linker need options files for this common case?


See above...  "on *nix systems"
He doesn't care about VMS.  STOP FEEDING HE TROLL!!!!!

bill