From: "Andrew Crabtree" <andrewc AT rosemail DOT rose DOT hp DOT com>
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Subject: Re: DLL in djgpp???
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 15:16:39 -0800
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Eli Zaretskii wrote in message ...
> 3) Static linking only links in those library functions which
>           are actually used.  In contrast, a DLL includes *all* of
>           the functions, so it is typically much larger
My understanding is that the linker will source in all functions from a
given object file, whether or not they are used.  It of course only sucks in
individual object files from a library as needed to satisfy externals. This
would have the same memory overhead as a DLL.