changeset: 357:b526eac26e3f
tag: tip
user: Andrew Antle <andrew.antle_AT_gmail.com>
date: Sun Nov 01 10:33:52 2009 -0500
files: sta.li/index.md
description:
Changed 'usually statically linked binaries are smaller' to
'statically linked binaries are usually smaller'.
diff -r 124628ce24b2 -r b526eac26e3f sta.li/index.md
--- a/sta.li/index.md Sun Nov 01 11:37:22 2009 +0000
+++ b/sta.li/index.md Sun Nov 01 10:33:52 2009 -0500
_AT_@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
mplayer).
It also targets binary size reduction through the avoidance of glibc and other
-bloated GNU libraries where possible (early experiments show that usually
-statically linked binaries are smaller than their dynamically linked glibc counterparts!!!).
+bloated GNU libraries where possible (early experiments show that statically
+linked binaries are usually smaller than their dynamically linked glibc counterparts!!!).
Note, this is pretty much contrary to what Ulrich Drepper reckons about static linking.
-Due to the side-benefit that statically linked binaries start faster the
+Due to the side-benefit that statically linked binaries start faster, the
distribution also targets performance gains.
It is expected that the first usable version will be available during Nov 2009.
Received on Sun Nov 01 2009 - 16:33:57 CET