@KitRedgrave @djsundog it never made sense though
i have code A
and library B which has already been compiled
and i want to call a function in library B from inside of code A
there is no way of doing that which makes sense to me
how
@djsundog @KitRedgrave on the internet this makes sense because all of the files are transmitted *as source* so you are linking to other parts of *the source* and not the compiled binaries
linking in any way to compiled binaries just makes my brain go 🤯
@kibi @djsundog @KitRedgrave@glitch.social this may or may not help but likely the piece you're missing is that each operating system has a 'runtime loader'. it's responsible for grabbing the code from libraries you use and loading them into your binary's memory space. each binary has a map encoded in it telling the runtime loader the name of the libraries it wants to use and at which memory locations your binary was written to expect them to be loaded
