[Cython] Status

John Skaller2 skaller at internode.on.net
Fri Jan 31 06:10:21 EST 2020


> The mystery to me is why MacOSX introduced .dylib instead of
> sticking with .so.

There were *.so files and hacks to load them. But the structure od dylib
is different and uses a slightly different loader, dyld. I guess they wanted
to make a distinction. The had some kind of Obj C dynamic plugin things
as well. Software history is full of regrets.


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John Skaller
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