On Monday, April 14, 2014 10:32:25 AM UTC-4, Pawel Por wrote: > > I can see that node.lib exists in Windows installation and does not exist > in Linux one. > It is used when linking native (C++) modules. I wonder why node.lib is not > necessary during linking on Linux. >
It's a matter of platform differences. AFAIK Windows' shared libraries (DLLs) are more like regular executables, just without a main entry point. So because of this, the linker needs to know some extra information (e.g. names and entry points) of functions inside the DLL in order for an external program to be able to link to and call those functions. This information is what is stored inside the .lib file. On *nix however, a shared library already contains all of the necessary information needed for linking to it, so no extra (.lib) file is needed. That is why a .lib is needed for Windows and not for Linux :-) > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
