On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 10:11:55PM +0100, Charles Forsyth wrote:
> > I think shared libraries are often times misunderstood. I once knew
> > someone who thought that a context switch was less expensive using
> > shared libraries than without.
>
> many, many people apparently that think that a context switch
> must necessarily be much more expensive than a function call
> and return (or two)
Ooops, let me clarify. The individual in question thought that a program
that was linked dynamically was less expensive to switch than one that was
linked statically.
- Dan C.
