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From: Bob Eager
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 19:57

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On Thu, 01 Mar 2018 12:24:39 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:

> Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> wrote:
>> On Thu, 01 Mar 2018 10:13:07 -0800, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>> 
>>> Which is why I think it should be in the compiler.  The UNIX
>>> philosophy of simple tools is not so workable here.  I say keep the
>>> source in one spot.
>> 
>> Nothing wrong with having it as part of the compiler package, built at
>> the same time from the same sources. That's how I used to do it.
>> 
>> 
> I suppose it doesn't matter these days, but it involves running a second
> program to re-do the work that the first has already done. Nobody cares
> about CPU usage these days.

The original reason was because it occupied valuable memory if it was all 
rolled into one program. The cross reference code is not of zero size.

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