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[The World of Linkers—Lab 03] Who Owns the Name? Global Symbol Resolution
Select global definitions before binding used references, preserving local identity, weak tie order, and COMMON requirements without assigning addresses.
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[The World of Linkers—Theory 03] One Name, Several Definitions: Who Wins?
Start with a runnable two-file program, then change only the link inputs to expose missing definitions, duplicate definitions, weak symbols, common storage, archive extraction, and the limits of ordinary type checking.
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