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Re:A fork() in the road by muststopmyths on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @02:18AM (#19622300)
If I had to guess, I'd point to DLLs. The minimal Windows process loads probably half a dozen, plus the entry points are called in a serialized manner.
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Re:A fork() in the road by richardwhiuk on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @03:42AM (#19622642)
Pretty much identical to shared objects on Linux
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Re:A fork() in the road by chungleong on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @06:29AM (#19623329)
Windows DLLs require fixups when they're loaded off their preferred base address.
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Re:A fork() in the road by pjc50 on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @06:54AM (#19623440)
So do relocatable shared libraries on Linux. https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2011/08/25/load-time-relocatio...
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