nagler@seismo.CSS.GOV@olsen.UUCP (Robert Nagler) (12/16/86)
There were a few messages in which my use of the term "compiler" was misunderstood. The word "compiler" is compiler, linker, loader, etc. I make no distinction. In the future, I probably should refer to the group as a "language processor". To make my previous point clearer: a language processor can inline anything, that is, it can remove all procedure calls from a single executed entity. In the case of dynamic linking, this may be a little more difficult and time consuming. Since most linkers are static (why? why? why?), the previous argument is valid. Sorry for the confusion, I will try to be more clear in the future. Rob Nagler