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From: sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: Shared libraries are not necessary
Keywords: ISC i386 shared libraries
Message-ID: <1991May16.200404.29262@kithrup.COM>
Date: 16 May 91 20:04:04 GMT
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In article <1991May16.173305.11403@decuac.dec.com> mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) writes:
>	Using shared libraries to cure X-windows bloat is really stupid, if
>you consider that you'll further slow stuff down (depending on the shlib
>implementation) and you'll still have X slowing your system down, and it'll
>take a huge amount of effort to get the shared libs *right* - effort that
>could be spent on a smaller more efficient user interface, if that is what
>you need.

I agree.  Now, go convince all the customers out there, POSIX, XPG, OSF,
FSF, CSRG, OSF, and USL of this.

After you've done all of that, then we can talk.

For now, X is a (disgusting) fact of life.  Now, one can either grumble
about it and not do anything, grumble and work on something else, or do
something to make it less painful.  While the second one is probably best,
it is the least realistic.

Sad, isn't it?

-- 
Sean Eric Fagan  | "I made the universe, but please don't blame me for it;
sef@kithrup.COM  |  I had a bellyache at the time."
-----------------+           -- The Turtle (Stephen King, _It_)
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