What is the difference between a library and a framework?

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What is the difference between a library and a framework?

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A library is an external collection of functions loaded into the main binary to fill in execution; a framework is an external piece of loaded software the main binary can call to perform tasks via API — but they reside separately from each other and just pass messages back and forth.

But in reality, there’s a lot of overlap.

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