> [...] But that's also the OpenVMS way, [...] What can be done using LNK$LIBRARY[_*] which can't also be done using more explicit stuff in a LINK command? With "the OpenVMS way", as with most ways, there's more than one of them, and some are cleaner than others. > [...] > I'd've picked the other one to repeat, which might have spared you the > /INCLUDE, [...] Come to think of it, I'd expect that using /INCLUDE (to drag in all the back-referenced stuff early) would obviate any repetition in the list of items to link. That is, you shouldn't need to use both /INCLUDE _and_ repetition. But I'm always open to a good counter-argument.