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   glen herrmannsfeldt to Armel   
   Re: How C compilers handle multiple func   
   30 Dec 08 07:35:17   
   
   From: gah@ugcs.caltech.edu   
      
   Armel  wrote:   
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   > It seems that there is no real standard shared by all _linkers_ but   
   > the "one function per object" paradigm makes your question simple   
   > enough to be sure that the _first_ "function module" is considered the   
   > one to choose   
      
   For C that is fine, but for languages with an ENTRY statement,   
   such as Fortran and PL/I, it gets more complicated.   
      
   -- glen   
   [Same problem if you have a couple of C routines that share data with   
   file-level static data. -John]   
      
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