5. 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.