Static Libraries are linked into a compiled executable (or another library). After the compilation, the new artifact contains the static library’s content. Shared Libraries are loaded by the executable (or other shared library) at runtime .
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A shared library is an object module that can be loaded at run time at an arbitrary memory address, and it can be linked to by a program in memory . Shared libraries often are called as shared objects. On most UNIX systems they are denoted with a . so suffix and Microsoft refer to them as DLLs (dynamic link libraries).
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Static Libraries are linked into a compiled executable (or another library). After the compilation, the new artifact contains the static library’s content. Shared Libraries are loaded by the executable (or other shared library) at runtime .
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Shared libraries are added during linking process when executable file and libraries are added to the memory . Static libraries are much bigger in size, because external programs are built in the executable file.
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A shared object file holds code and data suitable for linking in two contexts. First, the link editor may process it with other relocatable and shared object files to create another object file . Second, the dynamic linker combines it with an executable file and other shared objects to create a process image.
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Static libraries take longer to execute, because loading into the memory happens every time while executing. While Shared libraries are faster because shared library code is already in the memory .
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Shared libraries (also called dynamic libraries) are linked into the program in two stages. First, during compile time, the linker verifies that all the symbols (again, functions, variables and the like) required by the program, are either linked into the program, or in one of its shared libraries.
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