diff --git a/live-reload-rust/load.c b/live-reload-rust/load.c
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+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+// C function pointer syntax is... something.
+// Let's typedef our way out of this one.
+typedef void (*greet_t)(const char *name);
+
+int main(void) {
+    // what do we want? symbols!
+    // when do we want them? at an implementation-defined time!
+    void *lib = dlopen("./main-greet", RTLD_LAZY);
+    if (!lib) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "failed to load library\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    greet_t greet = (greet_t) dlsym(lib, "greet");
+    if (!greet) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "could not look up symbol 'greet'\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    greet("venus");
+    dlclose(lib);
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/live-reload-rust/load.c-compile.sh b/live-reload-rust/load.c-compile.sh
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+gcc -Wall load.c -o load