Subj : Re: which was the first linker ?when was the linker concept brought into
To   : comp.programming
From : CBFalconer
Date : Thu Jul 14 2005 08:30 am

ypjofficial@indiatimes.com wrote:
> 
> I read lot about history of programming.
> Lastly I was searching for "when the concept of linker was brought
> into the programming".   As in earlier days(unstructured
> programming days)the compilation unit was a monolithik file but
> the modulariazation (structured programming)brought the concept of
> the separate compilation units.
> 
> But nowhere I found when was the concept of linker introduced.
> Will someone please give me insight into the history of linkers?

Not needed until the concept of relocatable code appeared.

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