====== ObjPrelink ======

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**Objprelink is \\
//no longer useful//.**
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Objprelink is a code transformation tool that optimizes 
the runtime linking times of C++ shared libraries.
Although objprelink was little more than a proof of concept,
many people used it to speedup [[http://www.kde.org|KDE2]]
back in 2001-2002. This is no longer useful since
runtime linkers now contain optimizations similar in
nature to those demonstrated by objprelink.
Anyway, objprelink only works with ancient versions
of the [[http://gcc.gnu.org|GCC]] compiler.

===== Links =====

  * See http://objprelink.sourceforge.net for a paper explaining it all.
  * Scan the paper to find links to the code.

===== Acolytes =====

  * John Ryland [[mailto:jryland@trolltech.com]]