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#! rnews 1742 bsd Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!Frankfurt.Germany.EU.net!news.maz.net!news.ppp.net!news.Hanse.DE!wavehh.hanse.de!cracauer From: cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de (Martin Cracauer) Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux Message-ID: <1996Apr10.134318.23105@wavehh.hanse.de> Organization: BSD User Group Hamburg References: <4issad$h1o@nadine.teleport.com> <31657509.5E45C160@gnu.ai.mit.edu> <4k4cfa$ava@uriah.heep.sax.de> <3169406A.61F8D18D@gnu.ai.mit.edu> <4kcsjc$ii@dyson.iquest.net> <316AA938.74276335@gnu.ai.mit.edu> <DpM3qI.BKE@ritz.mordor.com> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 96 13:43:18 GMT Lines: 24 ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) writes: >H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu) wrote: >: John S. Dyson wrote: >: > >: > can do to improve FreeBSD's quality right now. Given that >: > Linux NEEDED a real shared lib scheme, it was reasonable at >: > the time for Linux to adopt ELF. FreeBSD had a REAL shared >: > lib scheme for the last 2yrs at least. >: >: Correct me if I am wrong. There are no simple ways to create >: a shared C++ library under FreeBSD. Also the MT support will >: not be as good as with ELF. Define "no simple way". libg++ exist as a shared library on FreeBSD and I don't remeber it requires any manual user invention. What do you mean by "not as good" when it comes to threads? Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer <cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de> - BSD User Group Hamburg BSD, Lisp and other programming info http://www.bik-gmbh.de/~cracauer