Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:02:35 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: small program eats lot of memory Message-ID: <20010123120235.A2057@itouchnz.itouch>
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On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:38:09PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> On Monday 22 January 2001 23:33, Jonathan Chen wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 09:13:09PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > Ok. But shared libraries have nothing to do with saving disk
> > > space..
> >
> > 1000 programs linked against a shared library use less space that
> > 1000 programs linked against a static library.
>
> You should read the rest of this thread.
I did.
> The point is that shared libraries were not invented for
> that sole purpose.
That's true, but what you're saying is incorrect as well; when shared
libraries came out ages ago, the big thing going for them then were
that you saved both memory AND disk space.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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