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RE: _kbhit
- From: skaller <skaller at users dot sourceforge dot net>
- To: Dave Korn <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:36:38 +1100
- Subject: RE: _kbhit
- References: <010301c630c8$fb06ff10$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 18:11 +0000, Dave Korn wrote:
> Why would any app (in general, and yours in particular) /need/ to link to
> cygwin1.dll? The only reason is for the POSIX/Unix/Linux compatibility it
> provides, because that is _all_ that cygwin1.dll does.
It is quite possible this need arises naturally in a dynamically
linked application, where for one reason or another you end up
mixing and matching plugins. After all, cygwin1.dll is just a
Windows dll.
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John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net>
Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net
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