tv@wasabisystems.com wrote;

> An interesting sidenote that it's possible to make gcc and ld do some tricks
> to make an executable "scatterloadable" (that is, load across fragmented
> memory with .text and .data in multiple places).  You can have individual
> object files, or even individual functions, with their own text and data
> sections, allowing the executable to spew all over memory when loaded.
> AmigaOS used this to its advantage when loading programs....

Well I happen to know Xterminal software which was capable of 'dynamic
loading.' Xserver has grown up considerably and it made clear that the
total size of fully featured binary was not pleasant for average
users.  Then software team developed a way to achieve dynamic loading
of separate modules devided by X11 extentions.  I have no detail how
it was done except that gcc/ld was used.  It worked charmingly.

Tohru Nishimura
Nara Institute of Science and Technology