Joel C. Salomon wrote:
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Enrico Weigelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Convenience is one point (sometimes be a big point), but another
important one is sharing. Without mmap(), an (real) shared library
support most likely will require special kernel support.
Actually, almost any kernel support for shared libraries will need
something like mmap() internally.
I forget who said it, and the local firewall won't allow me to search
the online copy of /sys/games/lib/fortunes, but there should be a line
there about Linux having 200+ system calls, most of them emulatable
with mmap().
what nonsense is that?
--Joel
cinap
