Creating a module system (dynamic loading) in C

Question

How would one go about loading compiled C code at run time, and then calling functions within it? Not like simply calling exec().

EDIT: The the program loading the

Answer 1

If you are willing to consider the framework, Qt provides QPluginLoader: Qt 5 docs (or for old Qt 4.8 docs see here)

If you need/want more fine grained control, Qt also provides a means to load libraries on the fly with QLibrary: Qt 5 docs (or for old Qt 4.8 docs see here)

Even better, these are portable across platforms.