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Date:	Wed, 02 Jun 1999 20:55:58 -0400
From:	"Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi AT ipass DOT net>
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To:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Staticly linking cygwin1.dll to exe?
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DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > Can the DLL be statically linked??  DLL stands for Dynamic loading...
> 
> It *can* be - I've done it, but it requires some hacks to make it work
> right (like a new malloc and crt0 files).  The only reason I did it
> was to profile cygwin itself, and I don't recommend the experience to
> anyone ;-)
> 

With hack everything, (if not everything many things) is possible.

What I mean that DLL purpose to consume less resources and load the
libraries dynamically when needed.  Otherwise, why not use static libs.


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