The runtime linker, ld.so.1(1), is capable of loading
relocatable objects. This capability arrived somewhat by accident,
and as a side effect of some other projects related to the
link-editor, ld(1). But, it was thought that this capability could
prove useful within a development environment. A user can preload
relocatable objects, and this technique might provide a quick
prototyping turnaround instead of having to first combine the
relocatable objects into some huge shared...