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From: "Mark Habersack" <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 09:14:10 +0100
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Once upon a time (on 28 Apr 97 at 23:18) Pierre Phaneuf said:

> On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Mark Habersack wrote:
> 
> > > Don't know about why Intel put this in... But I think there is no
> > > practical way that I know of to create 16-bit shared libraries, in
> > Why? And what about NE OS/2 and Win3.xx DLLs?
> 
> Hmm... Darn! I was thinking about protected mode, not simply 16-bit... But
> why do 16-bit shared libraries (in 16-bit protected mode)? While we're doing
> pmode, let's go 32-bit, no?
That's right - as long as we talk about 32-bits there is no problem. But I 
think that it should be possible for the 16-bit RM small utilities to take 
full advantage of the shared librarie - we must remember that many people 
will keep writing 16-bit RM apps. I think that we could achieve it through a 
system of proxies /thunks/, what do you think?
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