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| author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-02-15 15:26:52 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-02-15 15:26:52 +0000 |
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diff --git a/appendixa/glibc-desc.sgml b/appendixa/glibc-desc.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index b7d3a7ed3..000000000 --- a/appendixa/glibc-desc.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,33 +0,0 @@ -<sect2> -<title>Contents</title> - -<para> -The Glibc package contains the GNU C Library. -</para> - -</sect2> - -<sect2><title>Description</title> - -<para> -The C Library is a collection of commonly used functions in programs. -This way a programmer doens't need to create his own functions for every -single task. The most common things like writing a string to your screen -are already present and at the disposal of the programmer. -</para> - -<para> -The C library (actually almost every library) come in two flavours: -dynamic ones and static ones. In short when a program uses a static C -library, the code from the C library will be copied into the executable -file. When a program uses a dynamic library, that executable will not -contain the code from the C library, but instead a routine that loads -the functions from the library at the time the program is run. This -means a significant decrease in the file size of a program. If you don't -understand this concept, you better read the documentation that comes -with the C Library as it is too complicated to explain here in one or -two lines. -</para> - -</sect2> - |