Whatever your programming language, whatever your platform, you probably tap into linker and loader functions all the time. But do you know how to ...
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Jan 28, 2008
Mike
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I tried this out because of Greg Wilson's recommendation at http://www.third-bit.com/reading.html at a point where I was wrestling with some shared library implementation questions.
The book was a little too specific for me and I couldn't get much out of it. My takeaway is that the basic principles of linkers and loaders are straightforward enough but that every single specific implementation is a collection of nasty hacks influenced by the operating system and hardware.
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The book was a little too specific for me and I couldn't get much out of it. My takeaway is that the basic principles of linkers and loaders are straightforward enough but that every single specific implementation is a collection of nasty hacks influenced by the operating system and hardware.
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Dec 10, 2010
Carlos
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This is an *excellent* introduction into the requirements of both static linkers and dyanmic linkers (loaders). It is a must read for anyone who is thinking about hacking on a linker or loader e.g. the GNU linker or the dynamic loader in the GNU C library.
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