Re: [MiNT] WCOWORK implementation : conclusions.

[Mark Duckworth <mduckworth@atari-source.com>]

On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 17:47 -0500, Evan Langlois wrote:

> Static libs don't require a mess of excess files outside the program
> itself that need to managed with package managers and special file
> system layouts and version control systems.  They also load faster in
> spite of the larger file size since only the required functions from
> each library are loaded instead of loading an entire shared library and
> them doing the linking at run-time.
> 
> The snappy load time of apps gets slower and slower as you add more and
> more dynamic libs to the system.

I can't *believe* we have someone arguing for static libs!  Look, we
have nobody going around rebuilding packages when mintlib gets bugfixes
so until we have such a volunteer, dynamic shared libs gets my vote.

Mark