On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 16:46, Jeff Vian wrote: > > > > > And the whole of this sub-thread arose from a statement that linux is plagued > > by shared code, whereas windows is not. > > > Exactly! and the discussion has just shown the fallacy of that claim. > Multiple versions that are path dependent, as well as _dllcache > dependent. LOL This doesn't mean that shared libraries are coordinated for re-use of code any better than on windows, just that you get bloat from concurrent multiple versions instead of crashes. Which means no one will fix the underlying problem... -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx