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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>,
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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 10:09:29 +0000
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Subject: Re: c++ linking faq
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
 
> On Sun, 30 Aug 1998, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> 
> > 2) This would unconditionally link in a C++ library, even if there's not a
> > single .cc file in the project
> 
> I don't think so.  If no object references any symbols in libstdc++.a,
> then the linker won't link in anything from that library.

And what about the time and memory needed to scan the libstdc++.a? I don't 
know if that's important but I think we must check it before even thinking 
about it.
I don't know exactly why but ld is *very* slow under djgpp, the compiler 
isn't much slower than under Linux, but the linker is.

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