dynamic library cost (was RE: libtool, java woes)

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Apr 10, 2001, "Boehm, Hans" <hans_boehm@hp.com> wrote:

>> From: Alexandre Oliva [ mailto:aoliva@redhat.com ]

>> We either need libsupc++ to be a shared library, that both libstdc++
>> and libgcj depend on, or have libgcj depend on libstdc++.

> I'm seeing significant overheads as a result of dynamic library
> calls.

In this particular case, it would make no difference at all: libsupc++
is already compiled as PIC, even though it's a static library.

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