Why no .so files in fpc folder

[rnfpc]

I was just going through /usr/lib/fpc/3.0.0 folder on my Debian Stable Linux system and interestingly found that there are no .so files there. There are .ppu, .o and .rsj files. Why are these files preferred over .so files which are widely used library files in Linux?

[marcov]

Because our .so are not delivered by the distro in base, like gcc's ?

But maybe it is easier to specify what advantages you exactly expect there?

[lucamar]

I always thought the difference between a ".o" and a ".so" was (roughly) like that between an ".obj" file and a ".lib" or ".dll" one in windows ... isn't it? I mean, in the sense of a single object file vs. a packed collection of them.

[marcov]

I always thought the difference between a ".o" and a ".so" was (roughly) like that between an ".obj" file and a ".lib" or ".dll" one in windows ... isn't it? I mean, in the sense of a single object file vs. a packed collection of them.

No   .o/.a/.so is .obj/.lib/.dll    But .libs and dlls are totally different beasts.

[Thaddy]

I might add that the compiler is statically linked. .so files are dynamic libraries. Any dependencies for your own projects are resolved elsewhere.