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From: ron minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
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Subject: RE: [9fans] x10
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Date: Tue,  6 Apr 2004 12:03:28 -0600
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On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Tiit Lankots wrote:

> > Actually there's another reason to choose Linux last (other than
> > Windows): the distributions I've seen are just a collection of ~1,000
> 
> Just for kicks, I checked the mozilla binary on my Slackware. On startup,
> it has to drag in 29 (!) DLLs, some of which need other DLLs themselves.
> 'Orrible.

yeah, well, just watch date(1) resolve 213 symbols sometime. to print
today's date. Including threaded posix libraries for dns. It's really
amazing, after we just saw Linus argue on this list how important TLB
fault minimization is, to see how inefficient so many things are on Linux.
They are so microbenchmark-driven that they oft-times miss the big
picture, I think. 

ron