Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > startup time is not dependet on the size, harddisks are way
Assuming you're using an harddisk (or another fast-enough medium) at all. > too fast - but symbol resolution. More libs, more work to > resolve them, longer startup times. Exactly. And that wouldn't be needed with static executables. Of course this could be minimized by proper prelinking techniques (some kind of JIT for dynamic linking ;-), but that's another topic for its own. cu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ cellphone: +49 174 7066481 email: i...@metux.de skype: nekrad666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme ----------------------------------------------------------------------