As you know, professor, RTLD == runtime ld. There are arguments about whether ld is short for loader or link editor. RTLD’s other name ld.so is more amusing because it’s a shared object that lds shared objects.
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Date: 2024-01-02 10:45 pm (UTC)As you know, professor, RTLD == runtime
ld
. There are arguments about whetherld
is short for loader or link editor. RTLD’s other nameld.so
is more amusing because it’s a shared object thatld
s shared objects.