[comp.lang.icon] icon should use dynamic linking on systems that have it

yost@esquire.UUCP (David A. Yost) (10/16/89)

In article <30300001@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> petersen@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu writes:
>It seems the one solution to promoting icon programs as first class
>citizens would be to use dynamic libraries such as used by the
>Amiga, OS/2, or SunOS 4.0.  This would allow compilation to machine code
>without the need to
		     invoke a separate interpreter program at runtime.

This is a nice idea.

I think the problem of Icon first class
citizenry is that there has to be another
file installed somewhere (the interpreter).
Moving the interpreter from its present home
in an executable file to a new home in a
shared library doesn't change this.

Aside from startup time, would execution time
or in-core memory residency really be improved?

 --dave