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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Shared libraries (Was: Re: Big Programs Hurt Performance)
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Date: Fri, 25-Sep-87 20:42:59 EDT
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In article <28957@sun.uucp>, guy%gorodish@Sun.COM (Guy Harris) writes:
> that the Amiga implementation permits you to specify a version number when the
> library is opened (does this mean programs have to explicitly open shared
> libraries, i.e., they have to know that they're using a shared library?).

Yes, but this can be included in the startup code (and in fact is, for the most
common shared library "dos.library"). Shared library calls are made by loading
the base address of the library jump table into A6 and doing an indirect call
off it.
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