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diff --git a/appendixa/glibc-desc.xml b/appendixa/glibc-desc.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b7d3a7ed3 --- /dev/null +++ b/appendixa/glibc-desc.xml @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +<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> + |