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From: ruud@targon.UUCP (Ruud Harmsen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Shared libraries
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Date: 8 Jan 90 08:05:06 GMT
Reply-To: ruud@targon.UUCP (Ruud Harmsen)
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What exactly are shared libraries?  What UNICes have them?  Does it mean that
frequently used libraries are no longer compiled into the executable, but
reside only in the library?  Does this save space on disk, or also at
runtime, in core?  Can you do it only with standard libraries, or also with
your own?  Is it any slower or faster than the normal way?