Is this supposed to work, or am I loopy?

[Travis Moulton]

> <<In most respects, Linux closely copied the Solaris (or SVR4)
> shared library implementation.  Almost all of the other features are
> exactly the same.  Those of us who've used Sun machines for years
> don't see the reason for gratuitous differences. >>

> Perhaps "those of us who've used Sun machines for years" could
> refrain from immediately labeling as a "bug" anything that does not
> work the same as on the machine you are use to :-)

> Seriously, I think you would get further if you make a well informed
> well reasoned argument for a change.

Us young'uns who started out on LINUX realize that we're right and Sun 
users are wrong ;-).  That aside, gcc is supposed to be platform 
independent.  I consider anything that contradicts that to be bad.  I 
know some people on this list don't like the word bug, but...  If it 
can be fixed without breaking other things left and right, I vote for 
fixing it.