On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:02:10 -0500, Marco Leise <marco.le...@gmx.de> wrote:
Am 16.12.2011, 23:08 Uhr, schrieb Steven Schveighoffer
<schvei...@yahoo.com>:
Note that on Linux today, the executable is not truly static -- OS libs
are dynamically linked.
That should hold true for any OS. Otherwise, how would the program
communicate with the kernel and drivers, i.e. render a button on the
screen? Some dynamically linked in functions must provide the interface
to that "administrative singleton" that manages system resources.
Not necessarily. On Linux, system calls provide the "interface" between
the code and the OS. A system call is essentially an OS interrupt,
similar to a network protocol. You don't need dynamic linking to
implement it.
Remember, Linux didn't even support dynamic libraries before kernel 1.2
maybe? Hm... must check wikipedia...
But my point is, if the intention is that you have a myriad of D based
libraries or executables on your system, then druntime and phobos enter
the same realm as glibc.
-Steve
