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From: spolsky-joel@cs.yale.edu (Joel Spolsky)
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Subject: Re: .DLL files under Windows 3.0
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Date: 12 Sep 90 23:23:21 GMT
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In article <90255.141800GOODWIN@MAINE.BITNET> GOODWIN@MAINE.BITNET (John A Potelle) writes:
>I know the .dll files are called Dynamic Link Libraries, but what
>are they used for ?


They are libraries of subroutines that are linked at runtime instead
of compile time. This way if > 1 running application need the same
subroutines only one copy needs to be in memory.

Joel Spolsky
spolsky@cs.yale.edu                                     Silence = Death