Right. Unfortunately, a lot of system level knowledge like this is not found in a single place but spread over many articles/manuals/books/etc. However, the b

Right. Unfortunately, a lot of system level knowledge like this is not found in a single place but spread over many articles/manuals/books/etc. However, the book Advanced C and C++ Compiling: An Engineering Guide to Compiling, Linking and Libraries using C and C++ by Milan Stevanovic brings together a lot of information which you might find interesting.