On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 14:21:27 -0600 (CST) Bob Friesenhahn <bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote:
> Under a normal operating system (i.e. perhaps not Plan 9, I am not > sure) the debug symbols are separate from the executable text so that > the OS will never read the debug symbol area while it is loading the > program. This means that there should be no performance difference. If you say so, then I guess I am imagining things ;) I have never given the issue much thought until now, I suppose I need to do a bit more research on the issue. -- "The angel of history[...]is turned toward the past." (Walter Benjamin)