Talk:GNU linker

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[edit] "linker" not "Loader"

This page is incorrectly named. All of the GNU (FSF) literature refers to ld as the "GNU linker," e.g.

It seems you're right. Page moved. Gronky 11:41, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] library = is executable?

GNU ld runs the linker, which creates an executable file from object files created during compilation of a software project.

As far as I understand, ld also generates libraries. Are libraries considered executable files? --Abdull (talk) 09:42, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I suppose libraries indeed aren't executable files. They are executable code, but the file on it's own isn't executable. I've added "(or libraries)" to that sentence. --Gronky (talk) 10:29, 29 February 2008 (UTC)