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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 22:19:01 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen AT cygnus DOT com>
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Subject: Re: RFC: linux compatibility
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DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > > 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?

DJ, let's get serious. Of course all 100 applications are
sensible enough to feel what has changed. Why do people
always think that programms are dumb? 

Corinna

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