Library Naming Conventions

The naming conventions used for the libraries are intended to help identify their function. The libraries are named as follows:

IBM C and C++ Compilers Library Naming Conventions

Character Position Significance
1 - 4 5 6 7-8  
CPPR  

Product prefix
  S

M

N
    Single-thread library

Multithread library

Subsystem library (no runtime environment)
    I

O

S
  Import library

Object library (contains initialization routines)

Statically bound library


      36 Version number

For example, CPPRSI36.LIB is the import library for the single-threaded run-time environment, while CPPRNS36.LIB is the static library for creating a subsystem.



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