GAS GCC FAQ query

[Jon Grant]

Hello. thank you for your reply.

Jonathan Wakely wrote, On 05/05/11 22:47:
> On 5 May 2011 22:30, Jon Grant wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> Just looking at this page:
>>
>> http://gcc.gnu.org/faq.html#gas
>>
>> I saw this text "(the GNU loader)". Is this really an alternative name
>> for gas? I've not seen it called GNU loader elsewhere. I was wondering
>> if the text could just be removed.
>
> It refers to the linker, ld, not to gas, and shouldn't be removed.
> The parenthesized text represents an alternation, the paragraph should
> be read as referring to the GNU assembler or to the the GNU linker
> (aka loader).

Not read "ld" called a "GNU loader" in binutils documentation, the 
common name I have seen is "GNU linker". (I do recall "ld" is an 
abbreviation for "load" though.)

I would propose to clarify as:

"To ensure that GCC finds the GNU assembler (or the GNU linker),"

Best regards, Jon