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Re: GAS GCC FAQ query
- From: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner)
- To: gerald at pfeifer dot com
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, jg at jguk dot org, jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com
- Date: Sun, 08 May 2011 09:14:50 EDT
- Subject: Re: GAS GCC FAQ query
- References: <BANLkTimsD0uvL_tqY9=nLXwCJ8QPbHG8FA@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTinAD86ASCxbMevLo5-gJVgrnz6s7A@mail.gmail.com> <4DC457C4.8090505@jguk.org> <BANLkTiniV6Qh=Hz24gVO+6RpwydJ2tpwhg@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.LNX.2.00.1105081454570.3911@gerinyyl.fvgr>
> Agreed. Things would have been different twenty years ago, but these
> days using linker is a lot more natural and common (as a grep in gcc/doc
> confirms, too).
Even 20 years ago, I think "linker" would have been the more natural
word. I remember "linker" from my IBM days in the early 80's.