On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Cort wrote: > Here's a pretty newbie question. > > What are symbols (in the context of object files)? They don't seem to serve any > purposes in executables, but are they needed in shared libraries? What about > static libraries? > They are definitely needed in the libraries, since they are used to find the right function. (Formatting a disk when you just want to do a printf wouldn't do, would it? ;-) > Cort > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Frank
