Re: Shared Libraries - Your Thoughts Wanted

Michael Schwingen (m.schwingen@stochastik.rwth-aachen.de)
Fri, 29 Sep 1995 13:47:27 +0100 (MET)

> Otherwise, I have some questions that others may have an opinion about.
>
> How important do you think it is to duplicate how OSF/1 (DEC Unix) implements
> shared libraries? Is running OSF/1 shared executables really that important?

It might be interesting to run OSF/1 executables - just like SCO executables on
i386, it expands the range of usable software.

However, I think the most important thing is to get shared libraries soon,
because building a useful distribution depends on it - compatibility may be
added afterwards.

If adding compatibility later means a complete re-work of the code, I would
suggest doing it right in the first place, otherwise I would suggest a quick
solution.

cu
Michael

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