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Re: A dumb question about static libs ?


----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Faylor"

No, because it wouldn't work. This has nothing to do with static vs. dynamic. While the format of a .a file may be similar that doesn't equate to object file interoperability. Cygwin's nm and ar commands could theoretically read archives from a number of other operating systems. That doesn't mean that the objects that are in the archive could be linked in.

cgf

Thanks Christopher. That's pretty much what I thought but it was worth asking.

John

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