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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:14402 comp.os.linux.misc:29551 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!sci.kun.nl!plm From: plm@atcmp.nl (Peter Mutsaers) Subject: Re: ELF, dynamic loading and Perl 5.000 In-Reply-To: jbettis@cse.unl.edu's message of 11 Nov 1994 20:39:13 GMT Message-ID: <PLM.94Nov12162749@nijmegen3.atcmp.nl> X-Attribution: PLM Lines: 16 Sender: news@sci.kun.nl (News owner) Nntp-Posting-Host: atcmpg.atcmp.kun.nl Organization: AT Computing References: <39tu2u$o8r@styx.uwa.edu.au> <39uqd6$5uq@news.nynexst.com> <39v65v$7cp@news.nynexst.com> <3a0kph$6ul@crcnis1.unl.edu> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 1994 15:27:51 GMT >> On 11 Nov 1994 20:39:13 GMT, jbettis@cse.unl.edu (Jeremy Bettis) said: JB> I see (from the examples that you erased), that building shared JB> libraries are a heck of a lot easier. What other reasons are JB> there for moving to elf? It is also much easier to build *compatble* shared libraries. Look at the XFree 2.x vs. 3.x problem where the libraries could not be kept compatible. With ELF that would not have been the case. So also simple users who do not build shared libraries themselves will benefit from ELF. -- Peter Mutsaers | AT Computing bv, P.O. Box 1428, plm@atcmp.nl | 6501 BK Nijmegen, The Netherlands tel. work: +31 (0)80 527248 | tel. home: +31 (0)3405 71093 | "... En..., doet ie het al?"