• toynbee@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      I’ve been using Linux for longer than I’ve been an adult, I’ve worked in the field for around fifteen years, and TIL what .so means. Thanks!

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        6 days ago

        We’re probably pretty similar. I haven’t been a Linux user as long as I’ve been an adult (close), but if you include BSDs, then I have, since I dabbled w/ FreeBSD as a kid.

        I’m a SW engineer and I like compiled languages, so linking in C libraries comes w/ the territory. If it wasn’t for that, I would probably just call them DLLs (dynamic-link library, FWIW), since they do the same thing at the end of the day.