libsupc++

David O'Brien obrien@FreeBSD.org
Thu Dec 21 16:09:00 GMT 2000


On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 07:07:38PM -0500, Phil Edwards wrote:
>     1)  Programs which don't use the standard library shouldn't necessarily
>     be forced to link against libstdc++.  If it's a static link, the binary
>     is *huge*.  libsupc++ supports the core language itself and is small.

Static linking does not bring in a whole library, only those .o's inside
it that resolve symbol references.

Thanks for the explanation.
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-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)


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