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From: rpaul@crow.UUCP (Rodian Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: More Dynamic Loading and Stuff.
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Date: 14 May 91 18:42:57 GMT
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It seems that the subject of Dynamic Loaders ain't too popular in this group,
only got 1 reply (thanks Dan Karron). I guess it just isn't that easy.

Anyway, in snooping around Showcase (trying to find out if it is possible to
add fonts [no manuals, we didn't even get the software with our 35's, had
to steal a copy]) I found the gizmos in /usr/lib/showcase.

Rather an interesting approach. I don't know if the author(s) of Showcase read
this mail/news group, but from what I can deduce, he/she/they are using
regular file-descriptors to communicate with the main application. I was
wondering if that approach was found to be a lot faster than say sockets 
or some similar network angle?

Has anybody else out there experimented with adding modules to an application
in a quazi dynamic way? i.e. it being possible to add extras into an allready
executing program other than using pipes and stuff?

BTW. I meant to say a while ago that I think Showcase is a pretty good
     product for a first realease.

Cheers.
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