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- From: Todd_Lewis@unc.edu (Todd M. Lewis)
- Subject: Re: Version Strings...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.145323.29380@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- References: <1993Jan8.111612.25180@sunbim.be>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 14:53:23 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan8.111612.25180@sunbim.be> accs1@bagheera.mumath writes:
- >
- >>UBYTE Version[] = "\0$VER: ProgName 1.0 (7.1.92)";
- >
- >I wonder why that stays in the executable. I would expect a good compiler
- >would through that line away unless it is really referenced.
-
- It _IS_ really referenced--by the Version program. I'm not sure I would
- call a compiler "good" if it started getting in the way building programs.
- Perhaps a "really good" compiler would have an option to turn off some
- optimizations in selected places.
- --
- _/_/_/ _/ Todd_Lewis@unc.edu You can lead a horse to
- _/ _/ utoddl@guitar.oit.unc.edu Mohammad, but you can't make
- _/ _/_/_/ a mountain drink a mole hill.
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