From: jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony)
Subject: Re: Assuaging sour grapes :-) [was: newbie Q: storage management]
Date: 1997/05/08
Date: 1997-05-08T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <JSA.97May7200013@alexandria> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 52F0EC12E20AA44E.5796B5986C85CB4B.8C3BF60EE8ED6C1C@library-proxy.airnews.net
In article <52F0EC12E20AA44E.5796B5986C85CB4B.8C3BF60EE8ED6C1C@library-proxy.airnews.net> clines@delete_this.airmail.net (Kevin Cline) writes:
> I think you missed the point, which is to dynamically load a package
> body at run-time, not build one enormous executable containing all
> 1000 device drivers. On most systems, dynamically loaded libraries
> can be built from C or C++ code. The library source code is
> portable, although the commands to build the library from source
> vary from system to system.
This confuses two totally different issues. 1. routine packing per
code module and 2. DLLs. In the case of 2, Ada compilers (certainly
ObjectAda and GNAT) can build DLLs so this is just irrelevant. As for
1., that sounds like a design issue.
Another thing that might be lurking in the background is true
incrementally linked modules/routines, where new bits are linked in
dynamically as new references are generated on the fly. In most
scenarios, this is only plausible with true dynamic languages, in
certain other cases it is a quality of service issue of the OS.
/Jon
--
Jon Anthony
Organon Motives, Inc.
Belmont, MA 02178
617.484.3383
jsa@organon.com
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Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-04-29 0:00 newbie Q: storage management Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Marinus van der Lugt
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-04 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Samuel A. Mize
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Samuel A. Mize
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-05 0:00 ` Samuel A. Mize
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Assuaging sour grapes :-) [was: newbie Q: storage management] John G. Volan
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Stephen Posey
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-07 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-07 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony [this message]
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Dynamic binding of packages Nick Roberts
1997-05-08 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-07 0:00 ` newbie Q: storage management Robert Dewar
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-08 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-09 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-13 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-13 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-03 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-05 0:00 ` Samuel A. Mize
1997-05-04 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-30 0:00 ` kaz
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Samuel A. Mize
1997-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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