dynamic vs. shared executables

[Peyton Bland <bland@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Can someone clarify the difference between a "dynamic executable" 
which is produced by ld when the -call_shared switch is given versus 
a "shared executable" which is produced when the -shared switch is 
given?  (And if someone wants to answer a similar question for the 
gcc compiler under Linux but maybe it's the same for gcc under 
Tru64...  The man page says that -shared produces a  shared 
*library*, so I guess that wouldn't work if I need to produce an 
executable...)

Thanks,
Peyton Bland
University of Michigan