Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 17:25:29 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <199807012125.RAA00500@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: sparhawk AT eunet DOT at
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <35a05cae.3179004@news.Austria.EU.net> (sparhawk@eunet.at)
Subject: Re: Making Libraries
Precedence: bulk


> Since DJGPP is aport from the unix compiler does it support shared libraries
> under DOS as well? I guess not, but I have to ask anyway. Under Unix you
> usually use a switch while compiling in order to create a shared library (not
> that stupid DLL stuff) so I guess the compiler should be able to do it (like
> older compilers created overlays).

Whether the compiler can build a shared library or not is irrelevent.
If the operating system doesn't support them, they won't work.  DJGPP
does not support shared libraries.