Subj : Re: lib files
To   : comp.programming
From : puzzlecracker
Date : Sun Oct 09 2005 02:03 pm


Scott McPhillips [MVP] wrote:
> puzzlecracker wrote:
> >
> > What are prons and cons of static lib and why would you choose them as
> > opposed to dll?
> >
> >
> > Another question: when you compile a program that has a main, would lib
> > be generated or it is only for library types? that is whether exe and
> > lib are generated together?
> >
>
> A static lib avoids the pros and cons of DLLs :)
>
> It has the advantage that other programmers can write it and use it,
> independently of the exe and independently of extra runtime files.  It
> is nothing more than a container for previously compiled code.  Some
> commercial libraries take this form: You get the functions but you don't
> get the source code.
>
> Exe and lib are not generated together.  For any one project the build
> generates either an exe, or a static lib, or a dynamic lib plus a DLL.
> They are three different types of project.
>
> --
> Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]


Scott - thanks a bunch...

It seems to me that my cursory understanding desires better.

Any good reference you can suggest to learn this thnigs more closely?


Thanks again

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