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From: Simon Wright <simon@pogner.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Dll files
Date: 1998/02/21
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"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!