On 9 Nov 1999, Assar Westerlund wrote:
> Nate Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > How about the reverse, where you link in PIC compiled libraries into
> > static (.a) libraries? Does this work?
>
> Sure. Look at how lib${LIB}_pic.a is done i <bsd.lib.mk>. PIC-code
> is less efficient than non-PIC code.
True for x86. For alpha, all code is PIC but the extra registers available
reduce the overhead considerably.
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