[lug] comparing libc and the DLL runtime lib in windows

[David Anselmi]

Jordan Crouse wrote:
>  >>Btw, maybe you could clear up something up for me: Is there a libc.so
>  >>(an equivalent to the DLL runtime library in windows) or doesn't linux
>  >>have the multiple heaps problem at all ?
>  >
>  > Obviously libc is shared, but I'm not quite sure what he means by the
>  > "multiple heaps problem" in his question.
> 
> Total shot from left field, but it seems he is lamenting that variables 
> cannot be shared between processes. In other words, each process has its 
> own memory space, possibly resulting in what he calls "multiple heaps".

I don't know, but this:

http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-bugs/200208/msg00009.html

seems to indicate it's more a Win thing than a shared lib thing.

Dave