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A machine‐independent linker
Author(s) -
Fraser Christopher W.,
Hanson David R.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380120407
Subject(s) - linker , computer science , compiler , component (thermodynamics) , machine translation , programming language , object (grammar) , translation (biology) , artificial intelligence , chemistry , physics , thermodynamics , biochemistry , messenger rna , gene
Linkers, although a well‐established component of language translation, are typically machine‐dependent, idiosyncratic, and hard for many users to understand. This paper describes a machine‐independent linker and object language. The linker embodies those linking functions that are machine‐independent and centralizes them in a single tool, simplifying compilers, assemblers, and loaders. Included are descriptions of its operation, implementation, and application.