SysV.3 to SysV.4 binary compatibility.

Dick Dunn rcd at ico.isc.com
Thu Nov 1 07:46:46 AEST 1990


larry at nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder) writes:
> rcd at ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
> 
> The 4.0 docs specifically mention that 3.2 programs when run under 4.0
> will use more memory --

No he didn't.  In fact, I asked Dick about it; he claims that not only did
he *not* say that, he can't imagine why it would be so.  He made some vague
hand-wavy argument that if the program's already linked and all, the size
of the code and data ought to be pretty well tied down.  I dunno.
-- 
Dick Dunn     rcd at ico.isc.com -or- ico!rcd       Boulder, CO   (303)449-2870
   ...but Meatball doesn't work that way!



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