WIP: changes to intro.txt : plug-ins

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Hendrik Boom 2013-01-11 22:55:59 -05:00 committed by Ichthyostega
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@ -531,9 +531,9 @@ memory and possibly increasing performance. This scheme of making features
available to an application is known as run-time linking, aka plug-ins.
Plug-ins offer other benefits: the application can continue to use both the old
features and the new features together, side-by-side, by using the version
number associated with the plug-in. This saves the application from considerable
headaches associated with other linking methods, havocked library version
incompatibility.
number associated with the plug-in. This saves the application from the havoc
of library incompatibility that is
associated with other linking methods.
Most modern applications use plug-ins, some are heavily dependent on plug-ins
and only provide limited functionality without any plug-ins.