From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 21 14:37:31 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA02038 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 21 Sep 1996 14:37:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay4.smtp.psi.net (relay4.smtp.psi.net [38.9.52.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA02017 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 1996 14:37:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from uu6.psi.com by relay4.smtp.psi.net (8.7.5/SMI-5.4-PSI) id RAA19311; Sat, 21 Sep 1996 17:37:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: by uu6.psi.com (5.65b/4.0.071791-PSI/PSINet) via UUCP; id AA10621 for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 21 Sep 96 17:37:26 -0400 Received: from eeyore.ibcinc.com with ESMTP by junior.ibcinc.com (8.6.13/IBC-1.30) id RAA18114 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 1996 17:36:35 -0400 Received: by eeyore.ibcinc.com (8.6.13/IBC-s-1.4) id VAA17058; Sat, 21 Sep 1996 21:36:43 GMT To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shells shells shells? References: <199609201350.HAA03020@obie.softweyr.com> <199609201403.JAA01462@dyson.iquest.net> From: Roderick Schertler Date: 21 Sep 1996 17:36:42 -0400 Message-Id: Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 20 Sep 1996 09:03:20 -0500 (EST), "John S. Dyson" said: > > Shared libs both do not save memory in the case of progs like bash, > but also slow down fork/exec times significantly. Would someone elaborate on this sentence, particularly the first half? -- Roderick Schertler roderick@gate.net