On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 06:01:27AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > And since these are (always?) dependencies on shared objects, > these libraries never get used, except to say, "Here I am!", > right?
The runtime linker still loads them, which can be expensive (esp. if there are many relocation records), and unneccessarily consumes virtual address space (which can be a problem for applications with large working set on 32-bit systems). Gabor -- --------------------------------------------------------- MTA SZTAKI Computer and Automation Research Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences --------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]