From: kunglao AT prairienet DOT org (Bizzaro)
Subject: Re: Compiler
29 Oct 1997 16:20:07 -0800
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Jason Zions wrote:
> 
> > You have to explicitly link in any Win32 API libraries you
> > need functions from (except for kernel32, which you should never explicitly
> > link).
> 
> I'm curious about this. Why should one never explicitly link kernel32?

because it is automatically linked in.  There is a program called depends (think
it was in the lcc zip, if you want it drop me a note) that will list what dll's
a program loads up.  Running it on anything compiled with cygwin shows that it
is being loaded, as well as several other dlls.
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