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Docs on ABIs
We should have beginner docs on ABI and how it should be understood by C++ developers and users. Going to use this ticket as a place to drop links that will be potential resources when writing up this doc.
/cc @allieoop for visibility as we've talked about how important understanding ABI compatibility is for the design of mason
Paper on ABI by the main author of libstdc++: https://accu.org/content/conf2015/JonathanWakely-What%20Is%20An%20ABI%20And%20Why%20Is%20It%20So%20Complicated.pdf
Tools for checking ABI on linux: https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2016/02/04/abipkgdiff-ensuring-abi-compliance-for-shared-elf-library-packages/