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>The compiler's job ends on the last line of each source code file.  A header file describes a function <SPAN
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>The linker, static or runtime, uses only the function's name to resolve references.  Function parameters and semantics are invisible to it.  </P
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>The programmer and, to a lesser degree, the sysadmin direct the choice of which library to link to an executable.  A missing function will prevent execution.  A wrong function will promote wrong execution.  Don't do that.  </P
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