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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: C23 thoughts and opinions
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 02:10:55 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 3 Jun 2024 11:16:15 +0300, Michael S wrote:

> When all sources are available, linker is merely an implementation
> detail.

That’s assuming all the code is written in the same language, compilable 
with the same compiler.

For typical non-trivial open-source projects, this is usually not true.

And consider, even with C, the meaning of top-level “static” and the 
implications for compiling the source in separate pieces versus all at 
once.

> Even in old days of small RAMs, super-popular TurboPascal suit had
> modules, but I don't think that it had linker.

The programs it built had sizes in, say, the tens of thousands of lines at 
most.