On Tuesday 11 April 2006 15:53, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 03:31, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > And while we're thinking about code reuse, why does 'dll hell' occur? > > > > > > ---- > > > save that one for a Windows list please. > > > > It wasn't meant as a question, Craig. Dll hell occurs, AIUI, precisely > > because there is shared code, badly written and badly controlled. > > I'd say it happens because people choose not to use the existing > shared code but instead duplicate it in an incompatible way. > Sometimes this happens because the original version omits a > needed feature, sometimes because the subsequent programmer > didn't understand the correct way to use the original or just > wants to do it his own way. > All likely to be contributory factors. Either way, they are down to shared code in windows. Anne
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