The functions in stdlib.h and stdio.h have implementations in libc.so (or libc.a for static linking), which is linked into your executable by default (as if -lc were specified). GCC can be instructed …

I can't get the additional libraries I am working with to link into my project properly. I am using CLion, which uses cmake to build its projects. I am trying to use several libraries in conjunctio...

In my opinion, the disadvantages of static linking outweigh the advantages in all but very special cases. As a rule of thumb: link dynamically if you can and statically if you have to.

Weak linking with weak_import really only works well with dynamic libraries. You can get it to work with static linking (by specifying -undefined dynamic_lookup as suggested above) but this isn't …

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Recently I have tried to compile a program in g++ (on Ubuntu). Usually i use Dev-C++ (on Windows) and it works fine there as long as I make a project and put all the necessary files in …

Jan 3, 2010 · Static linking vs Dynamic linking Static linking is a process at compile time when a linked content is copied into the primary binary and becomes a single binary.

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So I've got a library I'm compiling and I need to link different third party things in depending on if it's the debug or release build (specifically the release or debug versions of those libraries...

The question is then "What good is an import library to me if I don't need it when linking ?" .lib is the extension used for static library on Windows, and according to wikipedia, is also used as …