Re: Minor wishlist item: any IBMers out there?

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From: si0_tb90020
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 12:57

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In article <717978212snx@sugs.tware.com>, landis@sugs.tware.com (Hale Landis) writes:
> Hmmmm, wonder what you really mean... Are you looking for
> a 'standard' C library (.lib file used with a linker) or
> are you looking for a 'standard' C library as a .dll file?
> 
> I think the IBM C compiler has a 'standard' C library as
> a .lib file.  What more could you want?
> 
> Why in the world would you want a .dll file for the C library?
> Why would any one want a .dll file for any normal application

Why? If the standard library was distributed as a dll, you would have
several advantages:

1) A compiler manufacturer would not have to worry about making one, he
   could just use the IBM .dll

2) A .dll is just loaded into memory once, not once for each application
   using it. This means you would get a much smaller .exe. This means
   more disk space is free, and you would use less memory. Thats why!

Terje Bergesen  :  SI0_TB90020@debet.nhh.no

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