On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 5:50 PM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> * Roman V. Shaposhnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 17:29 +0200, Enrico Weigelt wrote: >> > > Convenience is one point (sometimes be a big point), but another >> > > important one is sharing. Without mmap(), an (real) shared library >> > > support most likely will require special kernel support. >> > >> > What aspect of shared libraries are you aching for? Dynamic >> > linking or the dynamic loading? >> >> 3rd: Sharing pages. > > segment(3) already provides this.
I still remember this science fiction movie from when I was a kid. Time travelers. At the end of the movie, you realized that they were ending at the point where they were started, stuck in a loop, oh no! and here we are at mmap again. ron
