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Re: [open-source] Re: Wish for 2002 ...
Felix von Leitner <felix-secaudit@fefe.de> writes:
> Thus spake Thomas Bushnell, BSG (tb@becket.net):
> > > More importantly, even _if_ glibc were to make that choice, those stupid
> > > programs would STILL not be portable.
> > But, they would run better on GNU/Linux systems, which is the whole
> > reason for having string functions in glibc in the first place.
>
> No. That's _exactly_ the point.
> They would _not_ run better, because they still would have to include
> a copy of strl* for systems which don't have it in glibc. So you would
> bloat glibc even further without any benefit whatsoever, because the
> programs still need to include a copy of the code.
They would run better on a GNU/Linux system, because the
implementation in glibc would be better.
> Look, libc is not a masturbation exercise. It is there to satisfy a
> standard called the Single Unix Specification. Programs are asked to
> expect exactly the features of the Single Unix Specification and none
> more. If they know of some libc that offers extended functionality,
> they need to test for its presence before using it.
No. A thousand times no. glibc is not purely there to satisfy some
wanking standards board.