Re: why use gld and gas ?

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From: Casper H.S. Dik
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 19:25

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cjp@image2.uea.ac.uk (C. Jeremy Pye) writes:

>I'm compiling gcc/++ 2.4.5 on a sparcIPX sunos 4.1.3, should I also
>use gnu linked and the gnu gas (assembler)? why?

No. Disadvantages outweigh advantages:

    Advantages of gas + gld:

	o faster?

    Disadvantages

	o no dynamic linking
	o no position independent code

I feel that using dynamic libraries and making shared libraries is more
important than that big of extra speed.

Casper

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