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Mambazo

2007-09-13, 7:12 pm

Hi. I just started working on my undergraduate thesis. I am interested
in doing something regarding compiler design and implementation. Even
though it doesn't completely fall under this category, I was thinking
about investigating into linker technology, its current bottlenecks,
and ways that it might be improved.

In particular, I was looking into the "incremental linking" feature
that a few compiler suites (e.g. Microsoft and HPUX) have, but is not
available in GNU Binutils.

Unfortunately, it seems that linkers and the way they work is a bit of
a black art. I'm having trouble finding much documentation and/or
papers about this topic.

I was hoping that some of you might advise me on books/ebooks I can
read, forums I might join, and papers/journals that I might look
through to help me in this endeavor.
[I sent a note about my book. -John]
Eric Christopher

2007-09-13, 7:12 pm

> Unfortunately, it seems that linkers and the way they work is a bit of
> a black art. I'm having trouble finding much documentation and/or
> papers about this topic.
>
> I was hoping that some of you might advise me on books/ebooks I can
> read, forums I might join, and papers/journals that I might look
> through to help me in this endeavor.


Ian Lance Taylor recently blogged a bit about linkers as well, the
thread starts here and is ongoing:

http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/38

-eric

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