Unix Programming - Re: .so v/s .dll

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Re: .so v/s .dll

Paul Pluzhnikov

2004-10-19, 2:48 am

opwv_pspl_test2@yahoo.com (K.M Jr) writes:

> UNIX DSOs == Dynamic Shared object Library, right ?

Right.

> Those that need dlopen(), dlsym().

No, you don't need to use dlopen() in order to use DSOs any more
then you need to use LoadLibrary() in order to use DLLs.

> So do we likewise need any switch for a UNIX DSOs so one can release
> memory allocated by the DSO ?

No, it works on UNIX without any special switches (which is the
point Chuck Dillon was trying to make, I think).

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