Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 09:19:42 -0400 From: Matthew Graybosch <matthew@starbreaker.net> To: Denis Troshin <weiv@mail.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ugly Huge BSD Monster Message-ID: <20030901131942.GA20141@christabel.starbreaker.net> In-Reply-To: <29508631.20030901165843@mail.ru> References: <29508631.20030901165843@mail.ru>
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On 16:58 Mon 01 Sep , Denis Troshin wrote: > P.S. Under Windows it is possible to write not bad applications which > depend just on libraries (KERNEL32, USER32, GDI32). And these libs > exist on every base system!!! > > Is it possible in unix? > > Before I thought that unix programs very compact, but they are huge! If you want compact unix programs, don't use X apps or apps written in scripting languages like Perl and Python. FreeBSD by itself doesn't offer the monstrous APIs that Windows offers; it just offers an implementation of the standard C library (libc). As a result, stock FreeBSD is a very barebones environment. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net "The best way to lose an argument is to throw the first punch."
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