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From: "Mark_Weiser.PARC"@xerox.com
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Subject: Re: static/dynamic links: performance question
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The dynamic libraries are indeed different from the static libraries,
because they must use position independent code.  See the -pic flag to cc.
I'm a little surprised at this large a difference, which must probably be
in the string library routines given Dhrystone's profile.