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Hi,

On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 1:29:22 PM UTC-5, rug DOT  DOT  DOT  AT gmail DOT com wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 4:35:14 AM UTC-5, RayeR wrote:
> >
> > Please could someone clarify that DXE3 can be unloaded?
> 
> I don't know. IIRC, unless I'm misunderstanding (probably!), I was
> told that original DXE was designed by CWS to be very simple (and
> actually portable, although that never materialized).
> 
> DXE3 was a later modification by Daniel Borca, but it wasn't
> portable, and I think he gave up in lieu of his hacked DJELF,
> which he considered a better option.
> 
> But neither of them further continued much efforts on it, so
> it just never got a lot of use. Honestly, I think most people
> agree (Eli? that old FAQ bit about [EDIT] DLL smell?) that static
> linking is just easier, self-contained, esp. since everything
> is (allegedly) easy to recompile anyways.

My point was that you may want to ask CWS directly. He's as close
as you're going to get to the truth. Daniel Borca is, AFAIK,
long since disappeared from DJGPP, so he's not much help.

BTW, the whole bit from the FAQ is apparently here, though he
does (surprisingly) seem to avoid the "DLL smell" terminology:

http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/faq8_15.html

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