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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ieunet!ieunet!dec4ie.ieunet.ie!jkh From: jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) Subject: Re: SHARED LIBRARIES - THE END In-Reply-To: hagan@freya.cs.umass.edu's message of 24 May 93 11: 55:02 Message-ID: <JKH.93May24192043@whisker.lotus.ie> Sender: usenet@ieunet.ie (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: whisker.lotus.ie Organization: Lotus Development Ireland References: <PC123.93May22195506@bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk> <HAGAN.93May24115502@freya.cs.umass.edu> Date: Mon, 24 May 1993 19:20:43 GMT Lines: 24 In article <HAGAN.93May24115502@freya.cs.umass.edu> hagan@freya.cs.umass.edu (Craig I. Hagan) writes: > Perhaps the people who insist that everything be done perfectly the > first time should consider spending their time writing code instead > of writing flames. Also, if there is an implementation that you don't > like: WRITE YOUR OWN. let those who *want* functionality regardless > of speed/cost/overhead/whatever else get it without being bitched at. This sums things up perfectly, as far as I'm concerned. Alas, some people find it easier to throw stones at someone else's work than to invest the time, effort and talent (which they often lack) into coming up with solutions of their own. Should you find yourself a situation similar to our anguished shared libraries author, I sincerely hope that you'll give it the lack of attention it deserves and continue on with your work. Remember, there will ALWAYS be a surplus of idiots buzzing around, willing to cast aspersions in all directions, so if you let it upset you, you'll find yourself upset almost constantly! It's simply not worth the headache... Jordan -- Jordan Hubbard jkh@whisker.lotus.ie