About PIC on non-library objects

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On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, DervishD stated:
>     Moreover, for simplifying the makefiles, it would be great if I
> could compile the 'main*.c' sources (they just contain the 'main()'
> function and calls to the libraries functions) with PIC too. Would it
> cause any harm?.

No, although it can cause a slowdown, especially on register-deprived
targets like IA32 (ix86 and friends).

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