Re: [HACKERS] fork/exec for backend

>   Regardless on the method used, the dynamic executables need to undergo a
> link step during exec().  Linking static reduces that.

True, but the SVr3/BSDI shared libraries set up the jump table in the
binary at binary link time.  It has to map into the shared library at
exec time, but it is a single mapping per shared library, not a mapping
per function or per function call.

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Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us