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From: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons)
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Subject: Re: Gnu C vs. cc
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richard@unipalm.co.uk (Richard) writes:

>Also important for us is the fact that gcc can't (in my version) handle
>shared libraries.

Not so; gnu ld cannot handle shared libraries.  If you use the system ld
(or simply do 'gcc -o file -O file.o') it will use shared libraries just
fine.  True from 3.4 thru 4.0.

Steve