title: why there is no static library for math functions?
body: <p>Is it a standard to have only dynamic libraries mostly without their static version? I am particularly asking about math library. In my fedora 17 (linux machine on Intel 32 processor), I have latest gcc and it has libm-2.15.so and symbolic link file libm.so  but there is no libm.a.</p>
  
  <p>Is libm.a missing on my system?</p>