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Date: | Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:09:45 -0200 |
From: | Jonatan Liljedahl <lijon AT kymatica DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Shared libraries? |
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On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 22:09:40 +0200 "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT gnu DOT org> wrote: > > From: "Samuel Lauber" <sam124 AT operamail DOT com> > > Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 18:26:41 GMT > > > > COFF has supported shared libraries for a LONG time. I think DJGPP > > should have shared library support. > > What for? There could be only one DJGPP process running in each VM, > so the principal benefit of shared libraries--sharing code across > multiple executables--does not exist. And with the ridiculously low > costs of today's disks, the size of the executable on disk doesn't > matter much anymore. I see another use of shared libraries, the ability to add or change code to a program without having to relink it, so called "plugins"... (I'd personally like that very much for my compositional environment, I'm planning to try out Stonewheel for this) /Jonatan -=( http://kymatica.com )=-
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