Static library Vs. Dynamic library

[iceColdFire]

Hi,

Can someone highlight the difference between static library and bynamic
library...and how do .lib and .dll files come up in the picture...

Thanks,
a.a.cpp++ :-)

[Alf P. Steinbach]

* iceColdFire:

Can someone highlight the difference between static library and bynamic
library...
Dynamic libraries are not covered by the C++ standard. For that matter,
neither are static libraries, but static libraries just provide ordinary
C++ code. For an explanation of static libraries, see

<url: http://home.no.net/dubjai/win32cpptut/html/w32cpptut_01_01_01.html>.

and how do .lib and .dll files come up in the picture...

That's off-topic in this group.

Try posting in e.g. [comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32] for Windows-
specific questions.

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[iceColdFire]

:: Alf P. Steinbach

thanx for the link..

++ppc.a.a.

[sam]

Hi,

This is also related to static link of third-party C++ library.
After compiled and linked with ACE in FreeBSD 5.4, apart from copy my
program over, I found that I also need to copy the libace..so.5.4.1 file
to the target system as well.

I found somewhere in the internet mentioned that I can compile the
program static link with ACE, but it didn't describe the detail of how
to do that in Unix.

Can anyone please tell me how to static link a C++ program with ACE
library in Unix? I want to compile and link my program with the ACE
library into one, so that when I deliver the program to my client, I
only deliver one program.

Thanks
Sam