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From: Darren New
Date: 19 Aug 2008 11:57:07
Message: <48aaed53@news.povray.org>

Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:00:57 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> 
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> True, you could do that, and override library paths with
>>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variables....But you've just helped me make
>>> my case. :-)
>> Yeah. Funny how people say "you've just helped me make my case" like
>> having a discussion automatically means you must disagree with them. :-)
> 
> Well, arguably, part of the premise you started out with was "because you 
> can bundle all that stuff in with the application, but Linux doesn't.", 
> which is a contrary point of view.... ;-)

Note the difference between "could" and "does."  I even said "(You 
probably could, but generally don't)" in the original post.

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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