Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!emory!att!pacbell.com!pacbell!rtech!ingres!ingres.com!mikes From: mikes@ingres.com (Mike Schilling) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: Fundamental defect of the concept of shared libraries Message-ID: <1991May17.162515.13586@ingres.Ingres.COM> Date: 17 May 91 16:25:14 GMT References: <197@titccy.cc.titech.ac.jp> Lines: 15 From article <197@titccy.cc.titech.ac.jp>, by mohta@necom830.cc.titech.ac.jp (Masataka Ohta): > ... > I hope you can now understand how complex the shared library is. > > The fundamental solution is, of course, not to have shared libraries. > > Masataka Ohta Since VMS has had very functional shared libraries for over 10 years now, I have to consider this an overstatement. Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- mikes@rtech.com = Mike Schilling, ASK Corporation, Alameda, CA Just machines that make big decisions, Programmed by fellows with compassion and vision. -- Donald Fagen, "IGY"