Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!rutgers!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Questions on X3J11 draft Message-ID: <5449@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: Mon, 15-Dec-86 11:49:28 EST Article-I.D.: brl-smok.5449 Posted: Mon Dec 15 11:49:28 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Dec-86 18:49:12 EST References: <351@danews.ATT.COM> <7373@utzoo.UUCP> <3800@watmath.UUCP> <775@axis.UUCP> <780@wjvax.wjvax.UUCP> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 6 In article <780@wjvax.wjvax.UUCP> brett@wjvax.UUCP (Brett Galloway) writes: >My real question is in implementation -- are there any loaders/compilers which >(stupidly) link in text which is referenced in an extern but not used? Yes, there are, but a simple trick in the compiler can avoid generating references to unused external names.