Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!gblock From: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Peter, can you explain to the Amigoids (was: NeXT software size Message-ID: <11905@uwm.edu> Date: 7 May 91 19:45:55 GMT References: Sender: news@uwm.edu Reply-To: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu Lines: 33 Originator: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu From article , by sutela@polaris.utu.fi (Kari Sutela): > gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) writes: > > > Let's take an example. There are two cars: a red one and a blue one. > Both are driving at 60mph. The red car is driving on a 1 mile track > while the blue car is on a 2 mile track. Obviously, the red car finishes > in one minute, while it takes two minutes for the blue car to complete > the track. So, you are seriously saying that the blue car is slower? > > You are confuzed. Pick a better argument. > I am confused by that. Okay, I'll try again. If a program (a track?) is 1/2 mile (512k) long, and another program is 2 miles (2048k) long, and both cars (processors), both v-8 (68040), are running at 120mph (25mhz) down the track, the one on the 1/2 mile track will finish first... Of course, I've completely forgotten the point I was trying to make, but I'm sure this proved it. :) Now I'm curious. It's necessary to specifically compile a program on the NeXT to use shared libraries? I thought that was standard? And that's why the program was so big, instead of being 1000 or so bytes. I can't imagine NOT wanting to, but isn't it bad that porgrams include their own libraries and NOT using shared libraries???? Greg -- All opinions are my own, and not those of my employer. Why? He doesn't know I'm doing this. -Wubba