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Date:      Tue, 14 Nov 2000 07:44:04 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        rivers@dignus.com
Subject:   Re: libc shlib version
Message-ID:  <200011141544.eAEFi4344295@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <200011141236.HAA02062@lakes.dignus.com>
References:  <200011141236.HAA02062@lakes.dignus.com>

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In article <200011141236.HAA02062@lakes.dignus.com>,
Thomas David Rivers  <rivers@dignus.com> wrote:

>  Oh!  You're right!  We would need to change the loader to understand
>  the `scheme'.  But, if we're going to change the loader, might
>  as well change the format, etc...

Right.  We aren't going to do that, because we think it is more
important to follow established standards (warts and all) than to
achieve perfection in some narrow technical sense.

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa



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