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Sindi Keesan wrote:
> 
> Can one also add and compile with the SW3.x compiler 
> in SW7.1

I'm sure it is possible, but I do not recommend it.
Life is much simpler if you run and compile on the
same library.

> Is there any advantage to using the later library, 
> such as programs running faster 

I doubt it.  In most cases glibc2 binaries will
run at the same speed or slower than libc5 binaries.

> Is a statically compiled program based on libc5 still 
> going to be larger than one compiled dynamically using 
> libc6?

Yes.

> What are the proper terms - libc5, glibc2, glibc6, libc6?  

libc5   -  the old standard
glibc2  -  the current standard 

Since glibc2 is the sixth version of the C library, it 
can also be referred to as libc6.  In the /lib directory 
it is libc.so.6

Cheers,
Steven