Patent ID: 7107586
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An intermediate object linking method of linking a plurality of intermediate objects to form an executable object, said method performed by an apparatus, said method comprising: an intermediate object linking order forming step which decides linking orders of the plurality of intermediate objects; a linking processing step which executes linking processes of the plurality of intermediate objects based on the linking orders decided by the intermediate object linking order forming step to get an executable object; a comparing step which compares program size of the executable objects obtained by the linking processing step with the program size of a executable objects stored in a storing section every time when the linking order is changed; a storing step for storing the program size of the executable objects and the linking order obtained by the linking processing step in the storing section to update when the program size of the executable objects obtained by the linking processing step is smaller than the program size of the executable objects stored in the storing section at the comparing step; and a repeating step for changing the linking orders by the intermediate object linking order forming step and executing repeatedly the linking processing step, the comparing step, and the storing step, wherein a minimum program size of the executable object can be determined without any manual intervention being utilized in examining the linking orders of the intermediate objects.