Including .so's and .a's in my program

From: Chris Mantoulidis (cmad_x_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: 29 Feb 2004 09:40:50 -0800

I read somewhere that in order to use some header files (that are
available for d/l) I must use either the .so or the .a file. It says
that .so stands for Shared Object file (I knew that) and that .a
stands for Archive file. But how am I supposed to include those files
with my code? I don't think I can link them cuz I think I can only
like object files (.o) but I may be wrong. And which one would you
suggest? .so or .a?

BTW: I'm using GCC 3.3.2 if that's of any help

Thanks in advance,
- cmad

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