Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 18:26:11 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Jari Tuominen <jer64 AT hotmail DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DLL files with DJGPP ?
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On Sun, 26 Jul 1998, Jari Tuominen wrote:

> I have been coding with DJGPP for almost one and half year,
> now I have found out that DLL's maybe quite useful.

I suggest to begin with downloading the DJGPP FAQ list (v2/faq210b.zip)
and looking in section 22.2 there, which points to some add-on packages
that can help you handle this.  Section 22.13 describes a limited facility
for loading code at run time, called DXE, which is built into DJGPP. 

> I don't know if there's any possibility to expand DJGPP or
> make a library for that kind of linking, but I am pretty that
> it gives a lot benefits and safes time for many programmers.

This issue comes up from time to time here; you might consider checking 
the archives at http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/mail-archives/.  My personal 
conclusion was that in the DJGPP case, DLLs aren't worth the hassle.