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                         of the dlib supported platforms and have their project build without
                         needing to mess with anything.  
                      </p> 
-                     <p>
-                        It is also important to know that dlib is mostly a header-only library. 
-                        This is primarily a result of the heavy use of C++ templates.  Because of this, 
-                        in many cases, all that is needed to use the library is to
-                        add dlib into a compiler's include search path.  However, the most important
-                        reason you need to know this is so you don't hassle me about providing a
-                        "shared library" version of dlib. :)
-                     </p>
-                     <p>
-                        This point deserves some explaining.  When you write a piece of
-                        software that links against a shared library you need two things.  First,
-                        you need the shared library object files and second you need the header files
-                        for the library itself so you can #include them in your application.  However,
-                        since nearly all the code in dlib is <i>in the header files</i> there isn't
-                        any point in distributing it as a shared library.  
-                     </p>
-                     <p>
-                        There are also a lot of technical problems with C++ shared libraries in general. 
-                        You can read about shared libraries on 
-                        <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Program-Library-HOWTO/shared-libraries.html">this page</a> 
-                        for more details.   If you still think C++ template libraries like dlib should be built as
-                        shared libraries then you should refer yourself to the following documents which
-                        have been submitted to the C++ standards committee:   
-<a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2316.pdf">N2316: Modules in C++</a>, 
-<a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2003/n1496.html">N1496: Draft Proposal for 
-Dynamic Libraries in C++</a>, and
-<a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2425.html">N2425: Minimal Dynamic Library Support</a>.
-                     </p>
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                   <li> <b>Don't make assumptions about how objects are laid out in memory. </b>
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