On Sun, 2013-01-06 at 12:56 +0100, Jacob Carlborg wrote: […] > I completely agree. We _need_ dynamic libraries. But the problem is that > someone just have to do it and Walter doesn't seem to be in a rush to > implement it.
Is Walter the only person who can implement this? I cannot commit to doing anything on this in the foreseeable short-, to medium-term future, but is there anyone who can? > > Of course then the issue is "How to link to shared libraries?". Go has > > some difficulties here but the put a shim in place to deal with it. > > What would be the issue of linking with dynamic libraries? We can > already link with C dynamic libraries without any problem. For the Go folks, it is all about issues with garbage collection and thread management, they need to perform contortions to deal with C and C ++ codes. I recollect it is to do with the way Go handles execution stacks. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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