On Sat, 12 Nov 1994 02:25:53 -0800 
 Jason Downs <downsj@CSOS.ORST.EDU> wrote:

 > programs linked with the shared C lib are physically _slower_, the
 > hit of dynamic linking aside.

I've noticed the biggest performance hit in the string functions, 
specifically...

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