Re: tlug: Real basic question, but . . .

["Andrew S. Howell" <andy@example.com>]

>>>>> ""3Web" == "3Web  <- Jonathan Byrne" <jq@example.com>> writes:

    "3Web> a not-yet-programmer wants to know, what are libc and glibc
    "3Web> exactly?  C libraries?  And what's the difference between
    "3Web> them?  Comments I read here seem to indicate that glibc has
    "3Web> some problems.  Is it just buggy from being new?

    "3Web> Thanks!

libc and glibc are both libraries that contain the "standard" library
functions. glibc is the latest and greatest, with the newest bug
installed :) This includes stuff for reading/writing files (open,
read, write and their stream based cousins fopen....), some math
functions, memory allocation, etc. In other words, most the functions
you write a basic C program.

There is a HOW-TO doc in /usr/doc/HOWTO/Glibc2-HOWTO.gz that explains
what glibc is:

  Glibc 2 is the latest version of the GNU C Library. It currently runs
  unmodified on GNU Hurd systems and Linux i386, m68k, and alpha
  systems.  Ports to Linux PowerPC, MIPS, and Sparc are actively being
  developed.  In the future support for other architectures and
  operating systems will be added.

  On Linux, glibc 2 is used as the libc with major version 6, the
  successor of the Linux libc 5.  It is intended by the Linux libc
  developers to eventually replace libc 5.  It is currently
  experimental, but is stable enough to be used by people interestedin
  testing it and willing to put a little extra effort to get things
  working.  The latest version is actually quite stable if the program
  you are using supports it.

Andy
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