Linux Has DLL like concept?

L. Adrian Griffis adrian at nerds.org
Fri Aug 22 00:46:11 CDT 2003


On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, jo - wrote:
> Does Linux use DLL concept, that is only one copy, of the code is in memory, 
> is shared by multiple program?

Yes.  They are called "Shared Libraries" or "Shared Objects".  It's
amusing to think of them as "DLL like", since the Unix world has
had them for quite some time.

Adrian




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