Shared objects and dynamic loading

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2 total messages Started by Brent Lambert Wed, 07 Oct 1992 09:25

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Author: Brent Lambert
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 09:25

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Submitted-by: brent@spss.com (Brent Lambert)

Several platforms implement some form of shared objects & libraries,
and/or dynamic linking & loading.

Does, or will, Posix address these types of features?  Does, or will,
any other standard?

Volume-Number: Volume 29, Number 52

Re: Shared objects and dynamic loading

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Author: Henry Spencer
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 00:49

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Submitted-by: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)

>Submitted-by: brent@spss.com (Brent Lambert)
>Several platforms implement some form of shared objects & libraries,
>and/or dynamic linking & loading.
>
>Does, or will, Posix address these types of features?  Does, or will,
>any other standard?

Shared libraries, done right, are invisible to the user and hence do
not need standardizing.

Shared memory is one of the innumerable goodies that POSIX.4 is designing,
er excuse me I mean standardizing.  Opinions about POSIX.4 vary.

I'm not aware of anyone working on standards for dynamic linking/loading.
Frankly, my opinion would be that we're nowhere near understanding it
well enough to standardize it.  (Although that hasn't stopped some
people in other areas...)
-- 
There is nothing wrong with making      | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
mistakes, but... make *new* ones. -D.Sim|  henry@zoo.toronto.edu  utzoo!henry


Volume-Number: Volume 29, Number 57

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