From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 27 19:16:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA00784 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 19:16:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from server.local.sunyit.edu (A-T34.rh.sunyit.edu [150.156.210.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA00779 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 19:16:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (perlsta@localhost) by server.local.sunyit.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA27633; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 22:22:05 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: server.local.sunyit.edu: perlsta owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 22:22:05 +0000 (GMT) From: Alfred Perlstein X-Sender: perlsta@server.local.sunyit.edu To: Chuck Robey cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: shared libraries? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > 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? > > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | > Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD > (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > >