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From: ron minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] acme, rio workalike available in plan 9 ports
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:04:34 -0600
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On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> I think I understand your point, but it looks more like a thoeretical
> issue than something that comes up in practice.  Yes, symbol versioning
> does allow you to keep the old version around, as do weak symbols if you
> overrode it in your program, etc..  The thing is that the way it's used
> in practice works different.

not according to the poster from SGI, unless I missed his point, and who 
knows? Maybe I did.

ron