[geeks] Prolog for network configuration

[Tom Borton]

Here's the link to the article Joshua was refering to, I think.  He's free to
correct me, of course.
http://www.wd-mag.com/articles/2000/0004/0004c/0004c.htm?topic=articles

The gist is basically that, since the .DLL is linked independently of the
executable, there is absolutely guarantee that the .DLL gets linked against
the same library - be it static or dynamic - as any executable that might
choose to link to the .DLL.  If the application is statically linked,
fuhgetaboutit, unless the debug symbols were included so that the .DLL could
look for the right function.  If they both use the same dynamically linked
malloc, you're fine, but otherwise you're in serious trouble.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geeks-admin at sunhelp.org
> [mailto:geeks-admin at sunhelp.org]On Behalf
> Of David Cantrell
> Sent: 08 August 2002 16:18
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [geeks] Prolog for network configuration
>

> > One could argue about the idiocy of the other compilers not
> just sharing
> > MSs malloc/free, but I think that MS makes it extremely
> difficult for
> > them to do so.
>
> Bastards.  Even so, that DLLs can't easily figger out which
> one to use is a
> bug in Windows AFAIC.