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> From: Roger Morella <rjm@BUFFNET.NET>

> > I think you'll find the other compilers don't have a linker, they just
> > compile a single source file.
> >
> > Regards, Clyde
>
> Interesting enough, the 2 low end compilers I have, both have a linker
with an
> option for producing one list file, while the higher end compiler's I
have, such
> as HiTech's  and Taskings, don't.  Also, the low end compilers, have
options to
> produce more readable listings by including the original source code
(before the
> pre-processor) in the listing, while the higher end compilers don't.


> Even with the longer larger file files size (some of the combined
> listings are over 1 Meg), it's easier to search one file, than across
several
> list files.

MPC comes with a linker that has an option (list = filename in the .lnk
file)
to produce a full listing file with source mixed with disassembled
generated
code. This is to make as close as possible to an assembly listing. We
produce this type of listings for all of the reasons you have given.

Walter Banks
http://www.bytecraft.com