Re: VMS x86-64 database server

On Tue, 8 Jul 2025 18:14:32 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

On 7/8/2025 5:58 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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On Tue, 8 Jul 2025 07:14:44 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

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$ link main2 + sys$input/opt main1shr/share $
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what bucket would you put main1.exe in?

 
Note that, on *nix systems, shareable libraries can be specified
directly on the command line, without having to go through options
files. Why does the VMS linker need options files for this common case?

 
/SHARE in command line means producing a shareable image.
 
/SHARE in option file means linking with a shareable image.
 
Different meaning based on context.

Given that the VMS DCL syntax was specifically designed to allow a
distinction between per-file qualifiers and global qualifiers, this seems
like a strange limitation, don’t you think?

Again, *nix linkers are able to manage both on the command line, without
needing separate options files.