From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 22 15: 3:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from itouch.co.nz (itouch.co.nz [203.99.66.188]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BE4337B6B6 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:02:44 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by itouch.co.nz (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0MN2ZQ02090 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:02:35 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:02:35 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: small program eats lot of memory Message-ID: <20010123120235.A2057@itouchnz.itouch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:38:09PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > On Monday 22 January 2001 23:33, Jonathan Chen wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 09:13:09PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Ok. But shared libraries have nothing to do with saving disk > > > space.. > > > > 1000 programs linked against a shared library use less space that > > 1000 programs linked against a static library. > > You should read the rest of this thread. I did. > The point is that shared libraries were not invented for > that sole purpose. That's true, but what you're saying is incorrect as well; when shared libraries came out ages ago, the big thing going for them then were that you saved both memory AND disk space. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "If everything's under control, you're going too slow" - Mario Andretti To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message