Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!hal!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: IEEE 1003.2 Message-ID: <13284@ncoast.UUCP> Date: 25 Dec 88 23:29:06 GMT References: <14946@mimsy.UUCP> <1269@nusdhub.UUCP> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) Followup-To: comp.unix.wizards Organization: Cleveland Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, Oh Lines: 27 As quoted from <1269@nusdhub.UUCP> by rwhite@nusdhub.UUCP (Robert C. White Jr.): +--------------- | in article <14946@mimsy.UUCP>, chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) says: | > For that matter, why do we need object archives in the first place? | > They are just a hack to save space (and perhaps, but not necessarily, | > time). How about /lib/libc/*.o? | | Wrong! cammel breath ;-) | | The *proper* use of object libraries is to *organize* your objects into | a usefull search order. How many times would you have to scan the contents | of /usr/lib/*.o to load one relatively complex c program (say vn). +--------------- Why can't there be /lib/libc/__.SYMDEF? It could even keep the same format as it has now. After all, it's just stored as another file in the archive. (So is the System V archive symbol table, although that would have to be given a real name to work in this case.) Let's not insult unix.gurus without thinking, shall we? ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery, comp.sources.misc moderator and one admin of ncoast PA UN*X uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@hal.cwru.edu comp.sources.misc is moving off ncoast -- please do NOT send submissions direct Send comp.sources.misc submissions to comp-sources-misc@.