UNIX admin writes: > > They shouldn't be "allowed" to explode, but if > > someone has a good way > > to prevent it (and a cure that isn't just worse than > > the disease), > > it'd be good to see some work done on it. > > > > -- > > James Carlson, Solaris Networking > > Isn't it great that today we have computers with tons and tons of RAM, and > gigantic amounts of disk space? > Bless whoever invented statically linked libraries. Makes all this shared > object nonsense, that works great in theory, but often fails in practice, go > buh-bye. Gotta love static linking.
Was that intended as a joke? Static linking introduces horrors that are far harder to solve than any of the issues I mentioned with dynamic linking. You can't patch, for one thing. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
