[MPlayer-dev-eng] [RFD] Something...

[Gábor Lénárt]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 09:17:19PM -0400, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> > uses glib2, but probably doesn't depend on gtk. Using something like
> > glib2 is probably better than hacking up your own method.
> 
> glib is disgusting too, and glib2 even moreso. In helping with irssi
> support on irc over the past year or so, one of the top things users
> have been annoyed about is the glib dependence.

But this is exactly the key problem of today's Linux system. Almost EVERYONE
writes own code for the SAME thing which should be in shared libraries only
once. OK, case of windows is even worse (there is no choice in many cases),
but the redundant code in each softwares means slower startup (just see
complex programs like openoffice of mozilla) and memory wasting ...
So probably using glib or glib2 is a GOOD idea because if multiple programs
using them, they will have shared library memory usage (at least at the side of
code size in memory, because code segment is shared).

- Gábor (larta'H)