Shared libraries

[Michael Stefanik]

In an article, mohta at necom830.cc.titech.ac.jp (Masataka Ohta) writes:
>If you want shared libraries, use Multics. Don't change UNIX to Multics.

Now, I pride myself on being a stuffy UNIX purist, but I disagree that
sharable libraries should be thrown out the door for the sake of a spartan
kernel.

The reality of today is that disk and core *is* less expensive, so it is
not so burdensome to include junk, errr, features that *do* have legitimate
value.  The advantages of sharable libraries are many, and, although they
may not be "needed", they certainly are nice to have.

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Michael Stefanik, MGI Inc, Los Angeles | Opinions stated are never realistic
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