On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 1:13 PM, benjamin_cail_scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Brett McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 9:10 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > So translation would be: I'm correct. >> > A executable without a main would be >> > a Dynamic Link Library. >> >> Not necessarily. > > What else would it be? Aren't Drivers basically > libaries that gives hardware the instructions?
(Windows) drivers are more akin to self contained programs. In Linux, they can either be compiled directly into the kernel, or as standalone 'modules.' Neither are 'libraries' in the sense normally thought of when writing C or C++ programs. -- PJH 'Two Dead in Baghdad' not 'product-friendly' - Kent Ertugrul, chief executive of Phorm. http://shabbleland.myminicity.com/
