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From: cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman)
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Subject: Re: Shared Libraries: Unique to Suns??
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Date: 25 Mar 91 05:51:05 GMT
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In-reply-to: dws@margay.cs.wisc.edu's message of 25 Mar 91 03:57:10 GMT

You did not mention one of the greatest advantages of shared libraries
, IMHO:

3. Library bugs can be fixed and even the functionality of a program
extended without requiring recompilation.

        Carl Edamn

"We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot
morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot
do." -- Auberon Herbert
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