[openbeos] Re: ShowImage "Mirror" Operations

> From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Sorry, that's simply untrue. An application that loads add-ons is 
> slower than one that doesn't, almost no matter how big the app is; the 
> parts that aren't used in an application are only loaded on-demand, 
> they never get loaded if the functionality is never used (same for 
> libraries).
> What's taking long with add-ons is not just loading them - it's the 
> linking process and all that that takes time.

You are looking from an implementation aspect, where a plugin = lib and you 
have an OS that is using lazy loading. In that aspect it may very well be a 
poor solution. It could just as easily be text-based ala expander.

> 
> Dunno where you're taking apples and oranges from, anyway. I think 
> Refraction is just poorly designed, especially in BeOS with its 32 MB 
> system wide add-on limit (but even without it).
> 
> Bye,
>    Axel.
> 

'Apples and oranges' is am expression, which I might not be the best to 
explain, but is something like comparing things which although similar are not 
compared properly. Like comparing the color of them since they are both fruits.

Comparing two different apps and coming to the conclusion that 'plugins are 
bad' is not going to work. One of the apps may be bad because of other issues 
than if it's plugin-based or not. (Poor design is a good example).

/Fredrik Holmqvist

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