From:	cgf AT cygnus DOT com (Christopher G. Faylor)
Subject:	Re: Cygwinb19.dll
26 Jun 1998 02:00:50 GMT :
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References:	<c=GB%a=TMAILUK%p=DCNET%l=EXCHANGE2-980625102357Z-3080 DOT cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT smtp DOT datcon DOT co DOT uk>
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In article <c=GB%a=TMAILUK%p=DCNET%l=EXCHANGE2-980625102357Z-3080 DOT cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT smtp DOT datcon DOT co DOT uk>,
Edward Avis <EPA AT datcon DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
>>if a person is running more than 1 Cygnus compiled application at a
>>time, you are saving on memory space and harddrive space to go with
>>dynamic linking.
>
>AFAIK, Windows loads a _separate copy_ of each DLL for every program
>that uses it.  That's one of the reasons it uses so much memory.
>
>(Please tell me I'm wrong... :-( )

You're wrong.
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