Dynamic linking defers much of the linking process until a program starts running. Dynamic linking permits a program to load and unload routines at runtine, a facility that can otherwise be very difficult to provide.
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How do .so files avoid problems associated with passing header-only templates like MS dll files have?
Based on the discussion around this question. I'd like to know how .so files/the ELF format/the gcc toolchain avoid problems passing classes defined purely in header files (like the std library). ...
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What should developers know about Windows executable binary file compression?
I'd never heard of this before, so shame on me, but programs like UPX can compress my files by 80% which is totally sweet, but I have no idea what the the disadvantages are in doing this. Or even ...
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Is it important to obfuscate C++ application code?
In the Java world, it seems to sometimes be a problem, but, what about C++? Are there different solutions?
I was thinking about the fact that someone can replace the C++ library of a specific OS ...
