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From: hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: 386BSD or LINUX?
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Date: 5 Nov 92 18:54:16 GMT
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spedpr@thor.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards) writes:

As time goes by I think you'll find that 386bsd has more thought put
into it. Linux developes very rapidly but not necessarily along the
right lines. Shared libraries is an example of this, they've been
available in Linux for quite a while but it's not the best
implementation. We may have to wait a while before they get put into
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I think it is a matter of opinion. Shared library under Linux is not
perfect. But it serves its purpose. If you take a close look at Linux
implementation, you will find out there is very little overhead in kernel
and user space. No tools need to be changed. No new tools are needed.

We welcome new ideas. When 386bsd comes up a new implementation for
shared library, Linux will use it if we think that is better than the one
we have now.

H.J.