I think it's a bit more fair to compare it to vi or nvi $ ldd $(which nvi) /usr/local/bin/nvi: Start End Type Open

I think it's a bit more fair to compare it to vi or nvi $ ldd $(which nvi) /usr/local/bin/nvi: Start End Type Open Ref GrpRef Name 0000047a80c00000 0000047a8106c000 exe 1 0 0 /usr/local/bin/nvi 0000047d4d9f6000 0000047d4de50000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.14.0 0000047c97a14000 0000047c97e20000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libutil.so.12.1 0000047ca1ba9000 0000047ca2073000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libc.so.88.0 0000047d3bf00000 0000047d3bf00000 rtld 0 1 0 /usr/libexec/ld.so $ ldd $(which vi) /usr/bin/vi: Start End Type Open Ref GrpRef Name 0000106784500000 0000106784956000 exe 1 0 0 /usr/bin/vi 00001069ee8ed000 00001069eed47000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libcurses.so.14.0 00001069f097f000 00001069f0d8b000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libutil.so.12.1 00001069a8f41000 00001069a940b000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libc.so.88.0 0000106a02600000 0000106a02600000 rtld 0 1 0 /usr/libexec/ld.so