From: Simon Wright <simon@pogner.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Dll files
Date: 1998/02/21
Date: 1998-02-21T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <x7vzpjls5u0.fsf@pogner.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 01bd3cd8$2ecf9340$LocalHost@xhv46.dial.pipex.com
"Nick Roberts" <Nick.Roberts@dial.pipex.com> writes:
> Use of DLLs implies Windows, which implies availability of the Windows GDI
> (Graphical Device Interface), which is a part of the Windows API, and will
> drive SVGA as well as umpteen other graphics protocols. So it sounds to me
> like you just want to use the Windows API direct.
I tend to describe Unix sharable image (.so) files as DLLs when trying
to explain where they fit in the scheme of things; the concept is the
same, after all!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-02-21 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-02-17 0:00 Dll files Andy Perkins
1998-02-19 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1998-02-19 0:00 ` Andy Perkins
1998-02-20 0:00 ` Dennis Weldy
1998-02-20 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1998-02-20 0:00 ` DLL files Nick Roberts
1998-02-20 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1998-02-21 0:00 ` Simon Wright [this message]
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1998-02-20 0:00 Dll files tmoran
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