== Quote from Walter Bright (newshound1@digitalmars.com)'s article
> %u wrote:
> > Tried the new linker:
> >
> > http://ftp.digitalmars.com/Digital_Mars_C++/Patch/beta.zip
> >
> > In release mode (-d -O -inline -release), it works, and generate the exe file.
> > But when running the program (using wxd, 0.09 version), the main UI window
> > doesn't show up.
> >
> > In debug mode (-d -g -gc -debug), it errors out:
> > Unexpected OPTLINK Termination at EIP=00412793
> What happens with the old linker?


http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=424

looks like exceed the max number of fix-ups (I don't know what's that mean).

Walter Bright wrote:
> Don Clugston wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>> I've been using it for a month now, and it seems to work. I'm especially interested in the experiences of those on a multicore cpu.
>>>
>>> http://ftp.digitalmars.com/Digital_Mars_C++/Patch/beta.zip
>>
>> Is this the program which would "never ever" be upgraded?
> 
> Yes.

Do you write it in assembly?

%u wrote:
> looks like exceed the max number of fix-ups (I don't know what's that mean).

A fixup is a relocatable value.

Hasan Aljudy wrote:
> 
> 
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Don Clugston wrote:
>>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>> I've been using it for a month now, and it seems to work. I'm especially interested in the experiences of those on a multicore cpu.
>>>>
>>>> http://ftp.digitalmars.com/Digital_Mars_C++/Patch/beta.zip
>>>
>>> Is this the program which would "never ever" be upgraded?
>>
>> Yes.
> 
> Do you write it in assembly?

Steve Russell wrote it originally and Susan Elam worked on it.

Walter Bright wrote:
> I've been using it for a month now, and it seems to work. I'm especially interested in the experiences of those on a multicore cpu.
> 
> http://ftp.digitalmars.com/Digital_Mars_C++/Patch/beta.zip

The beta link.exe hang again just now. I have an AMD Athlon 64 X2, Vista Ultimate x64. It happens once every 100 links or so.

Digital Mars D Compiler v1.015
OPTLINK (R) for Win32  Release 8.00.1

(I've double checked: it's the one from the beta.zip)

L.

Thanks, that's good information.