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Date:      Wed, 27 Aug 1997 22:22:05 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@sunyit.edu>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: shared libraries?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970827221856.27628A-100000@server.local.sunyit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970827210740.302E-100000@Journey2.mat.net>

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> > Why is the standard C library like the code in string.h, stdio.h ect. in
> > shared libraries?  if need be, the programer could change his code and
> > make a new library.
> > 
> > If most of the libraries were converted to a shared lib format wouldn't
> > that reduce memory and disk space requirements tremendously?
> > not only that, but complile times and exec times would soar, woudn't they?
> > 
> > you'll have to forgive me if this sounds niave, but i think it's a good
> > idea.
> 
> Are you taking painkillers or something?  I can't tell what your post is
> trying to say.

hahaha, sorry, it's a lack of sleep messing with me... 

anyhow, i was unaware that this is how it already worked, i asked the
sysadmins at my college about it, and they told me it would be a good
idea, not that it was already done :)

sorry for the noise...

> 
> your 2nd sentence asks why stuff is in shared libs, your 4th asks why they
> don't get converted to shared like (why should it need converting if it's
> already that way?) and overall, I can't tell if you're aguing for or
> against them.  On top of that, have you taken a look at /usr/lib, and
> noticed that they're BOTH ways?
> 
> What are you trying to ask here?
> 
> 
> 
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