pTAL Conversion Guide

Compiler Operation
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Linking Object Files
Global declarations files created through TAL cannot be used with pTAL, nor can
global declarations files created through pTAL be used with TAL.
Linking Object Files
The linker is used instead of Binder for native object files. Binder and the linker have a
different syntax and operate on different object file types, but perform essentially the
same operations. Unlike Binder, the linker cannot replace individual procedures and
data blocks in an object file or build an object file from individual procedures and data
blocks. The linker operates on procedures and data blocks, but only in terms of an
entire object file.
The compiler and compiler directives you use determine the linker you must use and
the kind of executable object code that is produced (see the pTAL Reference Manual).