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From: alistair@microsoft.UUCP (Alistair BANKS)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2
Subject: Re: Microsoft C DLLs
Message-ID: <53789@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 26 Mar 90 22:30:30 GMT
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Reply-To: alistair@microsoft.UUCP (Alistair BANKS)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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It should be noted that the .DLL C runtime example in the Microsoft C 5.1
product and the up-coming C6 are just that, "examples". These .DLL runtimes
can be put together by any ISV, and can be put together in many different
forms.

At the moment, Microsoft does not recommend any standard form of a C runtime
.DLL - and certainely does not recommend the example in C 5.1 as being the
best way of doing things.

If we included the C runtime in the system, the C/Unix library would
inherantly be a supported set of OS/2 interfaces, in addition to the
OS/2 interfaces. That is not the case at present. POSIX certification,
and therefore implicit inclusion of those specified interfaces is a direction
for us - beyond OS/2 2.0 (I will give no more specific timing.)

For the time being - we are encouraging ISVs to use Microsoft's C products,
but encouraging 3rd party competition in this area as well. We advise ISVs
to create runtime .DLLs to suite their needs.

I hope this clears things up.

Alistair Banks
OS/2 Group
Microsoft