SHARED OBJECTS/LIBRAR

T> From: tschaefe@gate.net (Tim Schaefer) > Subject: Re: SHARED OBJECTS/LIBRARIES > Date: 8 Jul 1995 03:03:20 GMT > Organization: The Computer Business Company, Inc. > To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu T> In article <3tf9ha$nfk@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, timothy.hood@sltrib.com wro e: > >M> Subject: shared objects/libraries > >M> Is there anyone out there who has managed to create > > shared libraries or/and objects with informix source code ??? > >A few of us wrestled with the idea recently, and decided on this approach >(which only works with C version, alas): > T> [snipped for brevity] >Hope this helps/spawns a worthy discussion. > >Tim > T> Tim T> I use the same method you described in your article. But I'm confused, or > should I say, ignorant, about the term "shared" libraries. I use libraries > as described, but are these to be synonomous with "shared libraries"? T> Thanks in advance, T> Tim Tim (S): The Unix man page on ar mentions that it is used to maintain libraries, I have extended that to infer "shared" libraries, since a primary benefit of putting objects in libraries is their re-use among other executables. I think of libraries the same as "shared libraries". Tim (H) --- ~ SPEED 1.40 [NR] ~