Re: subroutines as separate files

From: Richard Maine (nospam_at_see.signature)
Date: 11/25/03 

Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 16:30:13 -0800

bv <bvoh@Xsdynamix.com> writes:

> Ken Plotkin wrote:
>>
>> What are the advantages? Other than sharing on multitasking systems?
>> And what are the advantages for a user who's at the level of just
>> wanting to put his subroutines in different files? And (presumably)
>> is not yet writing something that will be distributed?
>
> The DLL advantages may be summarized as: They'll do everything that
> static libs do, only better, faster and are easier to use/manage whether
> novice or expert.

Guess I must be even dumber than novice, then because I don't know how
to do them at all, even under Windows. (Somehow, I expect bv to agree
with that statement). I'll take comfort in the fact that, judging by
the number of questions that get posted here about it, there are
plenty of other people who are at least almost as dumb as I am.

And, of course, they are completely nonportable, which is part of
the reason I haven't bothered to learn how to do them under Windows;
wouldn't do me much good for most of the systems my code needs to
run on.

I *HAVE* done the equivalent (shared libraries) under Unix systems,
and I know from first-hand experience that there are lots of quirks,
system-dependencies, and caveats to that. I would recommend against
even an expert using them unless they have very specific need (I did
have such a need). I'd put it in the category of "if you have to ask
me how, then don't try it". 

-- 
Richard Maine
email: my last name at domain
domain: sumertriangle dot net

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