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Dynamic vs. Static Linking
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Most UNIX users are very comfortable with statically linked libraries
(e.g. <TT>libXXX.a</TT>). Most are aware of ``shared object files'' in
UNIX (with the form <TT>libXXX.so</TT>) though few actually build them.
Even fewer still are familiar with dynamically linked libraries,
called DLL's in Microsoft (after the common <TT>.dll</TT> suffix), which involve
actually selecting and loading dynamic libraries at run time based on their
string name. MacOSX uses the novel suffix <TT>libXXX.dynlib</TT>.
(In most UNIX systems, including Linux and Solaris, .so ``shared object files'' are actually
dynamically linked libraries.) This section serves as a quick overview of how Babel handles
both static and dynamic libraries, including runtime loading.
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