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Date:	Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:44:06 -0400
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From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	tiberius AT braemarinc DOT com
CC:	cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
In-reply-to:	<000301c0378f$48859960$1d01a8c0@BRAEMARINC.COM>
	(tiberius AT braemarinc DOT com)
Subject:	Re: RFC: linux compatibility
References:	<000301c0378f$48859960$1d01a8c0 AT BRAEMARINC DOT COM>

> > One has timezone as a function, one has timezone as a variable.
> > The DLL can export only one symbol called "timezone".
> 
> Oh, come on, this one's EASY! ;-):

OK, drop a new DLL into a machine with 100 existing applications which
are expecting the old API.  What happens?

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