Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:32:55 -0500 From: Richard Coleman <richardcoleman@mindspring.com> To: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unfortunate dynamic linking for everything Message-ID: <3FBD7957.7050602@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <064401c3afc1$6e2b8280$b9844051@insultant.net> References: <2147483647.1069240727@[192.168.42.6]> <20031120095214.GA68334@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <050d01c3afa8$1dfb97a0$b9844051@insultant.net> <156539179.20031121001033@andric.com> <061f01c3afbd$4692a040$b9844051@insultant.net> <20031120234148.GC12532@aurema.com> <064401c3afc1$6e2b8280$b9844051@insultant.net>
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boyd, rounin wrote: > From: "Christopher Vance" <vance@aurema.com> > >>Personally, I think init should be static, and can't think of any way >>it would benefit from shared libraries. > > > plan 9 has everything static. the kernel compiles in about 20 seconds > or less -- no compression -- and you can boot it off a floppy. > > if i can sit in /sys/src and type: > > mk install > > and have everything re-built (and i could do it for all the supported > architectures) in minutes i have eliminated unnecessary complexity. > > if it's not there, it can't break. > > > btw: say hi to maltby for me. plan9 doesn't count. It's so minimalistic, it's useless. It has many beautiful and brilliant ideas. But it's not useful to many people as a production system. It's a shame, really. Richard Coleman richardcoleman@mindspring.com
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