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- From: hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: 386BSD or LINUX?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.185416.19643@serval.net.wsu.edu>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 18:54:16 GMT
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- spedpr@thor.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards) writes:
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- As time goes by I think you'll find that 386bsd has more thought put
- into it. Linux developes very rapidly but not necessarily along the
- right lines. Shared libraries is an example of this, they've been
- available in Linux for quite a while but it's not the best
- implementation. We may have to wait a while before they get put into
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- I think it is a matter of opinion. Shared library under Linux is not
- perfect. But it serves its purpose. If you take a close look at Linux
- implementation, you will find out there is very little overhead in kernel
- and user space. No tools need to be changed. No new tools are needed.
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- We welcome new ideas. When 386bsd comes up a new implementation for
- shared library, Linux will use it if we think that is better than the one
- we have now.
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- H.J.
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