[Oberon] A Linker.Mod for an almost self-hosted RISC Oberon
Bob Walkden
bob at web-options.com
Wed Jun 4 20:06:00 CEST 2014
On 4 Jun 2014, at 16:49, "Charles Perkins" <chuck at kuracali.com> wrote:
>
> I considered calling it MakeABootTrackForRISCV5FromCompiledModuleFiles.Mod
> but that exceeded the module name size limit. So instead, since it links modules, I
> called it 'Linker.Mod'
You could call it Gepetto - he makes boots.
>
>> If it is a booter, it must 'match its native-hardware'.
>
>> [...]
>>
>> A booter for OberonV5 for RISC for an emulator is like,
>> a photo, of the mirror-image of Shroediger's cat.
>> Or is it the mirror-image of the photo?
>
> Is it useful or is it not useful? Only by opening the box and interacting with it can
> you find out.
>
> Warning: interacting with this linker may break the box. Be sure to have plenty
> of extra boxes handy.
>>
Link outside the box.
B
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