shared object from object files not compiled with -fPIC - 32 vs. 64 bit

[Nadav Har'El]

On Sat, Mar 03, 2012, Shachar Shemesh wrote about "shared object from object files not compiled with -fPIC - 32 vs. 64 bit":
> compiled with -fPIC). Still, I'm wondering why the difference. I don't
> see any hardware difference between the platforms that makes this trick
> (which, like I said, is sometimes desirable even when you have the
> source code) impossible under 64bit.

Perhaps this can help:

http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2011/11/11/position-independent-code-pic-in-shared-libraries-on-x64/

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