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Dave,

You're right. I'm not listening. At least not entirely. The only thing I
really needed to hear was that this is an "incredibly tricky
and unreliable thing ... to do". Thanks for being up front about that!




Dave Korn wrote:
> 
> On 29 June 2007 15:26, km4hr wrote:
> 
>> computer. I have no idea how cygwin does that. But with all the complex
>> obstacles that the cygwin developers have obviously overcome it's
>> puzzling
>> to me why something as seemingly ordinary as Windows libraries is so
>> mystifying.  
> 
>   Because they are *windows* libraries, not *cygwin* libraries.  The two
> are
> *different*.
> 
>> In just this one series of messages I've been told the
>> instructions in the cygwin user's guide make no sense. 
> 
>   The instructions in the user's guide do not address the incredibly
> tricky
> and unreliable thing you are trying to do.
> 
>> Then I'm offered
>> several opinions about what I should do.
> 
>   No, you have been told the /same/ things by several people, but you just
> aren't listening.
> 
>>  It makes me wonder how Windows' own
>> programming tools are able to link with their own libraries if the
>> standards
>> are so vague and haphazard.  
> 
>   They aren't "vague and haphazard", they are precise, and explicit - and
> INCOMPATIBLE.  Each standard is entirely consistent, but YOU ARE TRYING TO
> MIX
> TWO DIFFERENT STANDARDS.
> 
>> I guess I'll just add one more entry to the
>> list of things I can't comprehend about Windows.  I'm ok with that
>> because I
>> don't care about Windows anyway.
>> 
>> Thanks again from enlightening me.
> 
>   Don't really think you've understood a word so far.
> 
>   Once more, I'll suggest you try thinking of it this way: how easy would
> you
> find it to link a windows DLL into a program running on your unix box?
> Because that is equivalent to what you are trying to do.
> 
>     cheers,
>       DaveK
> -- 
> Can't think of a witty .sigline today....
> 
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