Re: OT: Generall (GCC) compiler question

2001-12-10 Thread Christopher S. Swingley
Raffaele, > Whats the difference or for what are the *.a files and the *.so > OR *.dll files used? Libraries ending in *.a are statically linked libraries. If you compile a program against these, the library code is built into the program. It makes the executable more portable, but much larger.

OT: Generall (GCC) compiler question

2001-12-10 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi, I have a short question about Libraries in GCC. I recognized that almost everywhere there is a libxyz.a AND libxyz.so or under Windows a libxyz.a AND xyz.dll. Whats the difference or for what are the *.a files and the *.so OR *.dll files used? Could it be true that the *.a files have to be c