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From: harp@terra.pkg.mcc.com (Christopher North-Keys)
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Subject: Dynamic loading for SunOs
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q> Is there a way to link, at runtime, an arbitrary object file to the
q> current process?

a> You may want to look into the `Elk' Scheme interpreter that has been
a> posted to comp.sources.misc a couple of weeks ago.

You might also look at the dynamic loader in xtank, available from
expo.lcs.mit.edu (18.30.0.212) under contrib/.  The code is in Src/unix.c
.  It also uses a threads implementation.