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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: C23 thoughts and opinions
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2024 03:27:20 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 1 Jun 2024 11:37:45 +0100, bart wrote:

> My compilers don't routinely generate object files, which would also
> need an external dependency (a linker), but they can do if necessary
> (eg. to statically link my code into another program with another
> compiler).

Modular code design would indicate that there is no point the compiler 
duplicating functionality available in the linker.