Shared Object (library) semantics

[David A. Cobb]

A double-barreled question.
First, would someone please point me toward some general [U[?[Li]?nix 
discussions.  Answers to this may well take care of the second.
Given that the Cygwin pages are a likely focal point for Windows users 
just finding their way around *nix, a pointer from the web page such as 
"the Cygwin list isn't really a good place for general *nix questions.   
Some better places for those are <a></a> and <a></a>.

Second, where can I read up on the design semantics of *nix "shared 
object"  (.so) libraries, and how they differ from M$ .dll's?

Thanks,

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David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate
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