Fundamental defect of the concept of shared libraries

[Richard Tobin]

In article <197 at titccy.cc.titech.ac.jp> mohta at necom830.cc.titech.ac.jp (Masataka Ohta) writes:
>	1) coded position independently (PIC)

>If we take 1), the hardware architecture must support PC relative jump,
>of course. Moreover, to access library private data, it must also
>address data PC relative. Aside from effeciency, not all architechture
>support this.

Surely any form of indirect jump and access will be adequate, though
possibly less efficient?

-- Richard
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