able to reduce footprint by ~25-30% for ACE
applications, and a ~15-20% reduction in compile and link time of
applications. <P>

<H4>Functionality Refactoring</H4>

   This section proposes to address additional compile-time and memory
footprint problems that can be solved by functionality refactoring.
During the past decade, ACE has been designed and built based on many
unique requirements from users around the globe.  Though this input
enhanced the flexibility of ACE and increased the visibility of ACE,
i