rob@akela.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rob Carriere) (09/27/90)
In article <1990Sep26.124303.10527@eua.ericsson.se> rv@erix.ericsson.se (Robert Virding) writes: >>{eight character name limit} > >Agreed, but unfortunately C had/has to exist on systems which >themselves limit the name length (in linkers and such). We could I >suppose always say "don't run C on such systems". Hmm... `Replace the linker' seems somewhat more sensible. Yes, I know about systems where the linker cannot be supplanted. In such a case, use the following scheme: C Compiler: C --> `C' object format `C' Linker: `C' object format --> system object format System Linker: system object format --> executable The `C' Linker delivers a single object file with externals `main' plus any system calls[1]. Since |main| < 6 this eliminates the problem. SR [1] that is, it also handles the C libraries, your personal libraries, etc. Everything except some start-up code and the system calls. ---