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- From: dan@alchemy.UUCP (Daniel Mahoney)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Re: Overlay Linkers
- Message-ID: <696@alchemy.UUCP>
- Date: 5 Sep 92 20:18:18 GMT
- References: <3489@master.CNA.TEK.COM>
- Reply-To: dan@alchemy.UUCP (Daniel Mahoney)
- Organization: Alchemy Software Designs
- Lines: 19
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- In article <3489@master.CNA.TEK.COM> waynet@pendragon.CNA.TEK.COM (Wayne Turner) writes:
- >Does anyone have experience with 3rd party DOS overlay linkers (in
- >particular RTLink and Blinker)? Borland's VROOMM just doesn't offer me
- >the run-time efficiency and fine tuning I need for the product I'm
- >working on. I'm currently trying RTLink and working with Pocket
- >Soft's tech support people to figure out why it won't work with my
- >application (bails out with internal error code). Any comments
- >on good or bad experiences with these linkers would be welcome.
-
- >Wayne Turner (waynet@pendragon.cna.tek.com)
-
- I used RTLink Plus for a few months but ended up abandoning it, as the
- overlay manager proved to be quite easily confused. If your application
- gives the end user the ability to change the current directory, RTLink's
- overlay manager forgets where to find his overlay files.
-
- However, if you are able to avoid that problem, RTLink Plus is a GREAT
- linker. The ability to carefully manage what modules go into what
- overlay sections is really dynamite!
-