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From: mike@bria.UUCP (Michael Stefanik)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: Shared libraries
Message-ID: <225@bria.UUCP>
Date: 27 Apr 91 21:38:49 GMT
References: <136@titccy.cc.titech.ac.jp> <718@seqp4.UUCP> <1991Apr24.231048.2987@Think.COM> <148@titccy.cc.titech.ac.jp>
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In an article, mohta@necom830.cc.titech.ac.jp (Masataka Ohta) writes:
>If you want shared libraries, use Multics. Don't change UNIX to Multics.

Now, I pride myself on being a stuffy UNIX purist, but I disagree that
sharable libraries should be thrown out the door for the sake of a spartan
kernel.

The reality of today is that disk and core *is* less expensive, so it is
not so burdensome to include junk, errr, features that *do* have legitimate
value.  The advantages of sharable libraries are many, and, although they
may not be "needed", they certainly are nice to have.

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Michael Stefanik, MGI Inc, Los Angeles | Opinions stated are never realistic
Title of the week: Systems Engineer    | UUCP: ...!uunet!bria!mike
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