### Library Naming Conventions

The naming conventions used for the libraries are intended to help identify their function. The libraries are named as follows:

IBM C and C++ Compilers Library Naming Conventions

Character Position | Significance
1 - 4 | 5 | 6 | 7-8 |
CPPR |  |  |  | Product prefix
| S M N |  |  | Single-thread library Multithread library Subsystem library (no runtime environment)
|  | I O S |  | Import library Object library (contains initialization routines) Statically bound library
|  |  | 36 | Version number

For example, CPPRSI36.LIB is the import library for the single-threaded run-time environment, while CPPRNS36.LIB is the static library for creating a subsystem.

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