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- From: pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald)
- Subject: Re: 386 BSD
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.204304.8580@sol.UVic.CA>
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- Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. CANADA
- References: <C0F8L6.AB4@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan6.085905.25749@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <1993Jan6.175208.11119@sfu.ca>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 20:43:04 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan6.175208.11119@sfu.ca> rchen@fraser.sfu.ca (Robert Chen) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan6.085905.25749@klaava.Helsinki.FI> lukka@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tuomas J Lukka) writes:
- >>In article <C0F8L6.AB4@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Jeff-Randall@uiuc.edu (Jeff Randall) writes:
- ...
- >>No, not yet. They're in the works, by a mailing list on ref.tfs.com,
- >>386bsd-sharedlibs. The implementation is going to be rather high-tech
- >>(non-kludged). The current linux shared libraries do their job but
- >
- >Non-kludged? I doubt that those on the GCC channel would agree with
- >your implication about the *working* linux shared library implementation.
-
- Not to perpetuate a flame war, but let me point out something. Every
- so often, the current Linux shared libs are bashed by the puritans
- because it is not plug and play for the library builders to
- generate the shared libs (and also that they sit at a fixed
- address).
-
- Assuming that the fixed location is not a major hardship at this point,
- (what, only 1.5 Gig per process, outrageous), the fact that library
- builders have to work harder than an elegant solution would require,
- shoudn't be an issue: lib builders are only a small fraction of the
- user base, lets say 5%. Is an elegant solution that penalizes 95% of
- the users, with say a 30% penalty, to save 5% of the users some work,
- a good idea?
-
- I do not wish to dispute the above figures. I am rather just
- stepping back and looking at the bigger picture. If an elegant
- and practical solution is demonstrated, I will be the first to
- jump on the bandwagon. But being set back a month to collect
- and recompile all of the system again won't make me to happy
- either. Hopefully, the new and old schemes (if a new one appears)
- will coexist, at least for a while.
-
- Peter
-