6. See Also

• The dlopen(3) man page. It explains the purpose and the use of the dlopen API.

• The article Dynamic Class Loading for C++ on Linux by James Norton published on the Linux Journal.

• Your favorite C++ reference about extern "C", inheritance, virtual functions, new and delete. I recommend [STR2000].

• [ISO14882]

• The Program Library HOWTO, which tells you most things you'll ever need about static, shared and dynamically loaded libraries and how to create them. Highly recommended.

• The Linux GCC HOWTO to learn more about how to create libraries with GCC.