If you write a C++ program using operating system dependent libraries, will you be able to re-compile and re-link it on a different operating system? Explain why?

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No, because the libraries are not standardized (universal). If you use a library specific only to Microsoft Windows, you will not be able to use that code on other operating systems.

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