Brett wrote:
> (Geek alert: shared libraries enable executable binaries to use
> less memory than they would otherwise.
<etc>
> Sounds like a lot of complexity, and sometimes it is: but when
> the X Window system equivalent of the "hello, world" program is 600 Kbytes
> statically linked, the ability to drop that to 20 Kbytes dynamically
> linked is a huge performance win.
>
> Now will someone explain to me why I felt compelled to expound on
> this? :-) )
Can't help you there, but thanks for the nugget anyway. ;-)
Jack
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