From:	"Morpheus" <hall AT silo DOT csci DOT unt DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	difference between libraries and headers
Date:	Wed, 17 Nov 1999 18:38:10 -0600
Organization:	University of North Texas
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I know the difference between a library file and a header file, but can
someone tell me the particulars involved -- the differences between
compiling your program with included headers and including a library on the
prompt? I know the header files on the include path don't contain a full
implementation of their functions/classes, so where is this implementation?
If it's in the library files, how does the compiler know which library to
get without specifying it at the prompt? If compiling with libraries and
headers are independent things, then what is the advantage of compiling with
library files?

Thanks.
Morpheus
hall AT cs DOT unt DOT edu
http://people.unt.edu/~dahall

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