Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!decuac!hussar.dco.dec.com!mjr From: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: Fundamental defect of the concept of shared libraries Message-ID: <1991May20.163317.19968@decuac.dec.com> Date: 20 May 91 16:33:17 GMT References: <213@titccy.cc.titech.ac.jp> <1991May20.090857@wsl.dec.com> Organization: Digital Equipment Corp., Washington Ultrix Resource Center Lines: 9 This argument about shared libraries has gotten ridiculous. Let's be sensible about this. Does anyone have pointers to any hard numbers that might shed some light on the performance impact/benefits under a reasonable workload? We could argue forever, which is silly. mjr.