Date   : Tue, 22 Jan 1985 16:58:15 GMT
From   : Howard Johnson <howard%cyb-eng.uucp@BRL-TGR.ARPA>
Subject: Re: Microsoft Linker L80 Question

> There's a bug in L80.  When searching a library, it encounters a
> module, and begins passing over the symbols to see if any are needed.
> If it passes over a COMMON block, then comes to an symbol which is
> needed, it gets a fatal system error in trying to back up to the
> beginning of the module and begin loading.

I purchased Microsoft's M80/L80 assembler package 2-3 months ago and
the problem you mentioned about COMMON blocks is still there.
-- 
       Howard Johnson          Cyb Systems, Austin, TX
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