[Flame Bait] - Linux as bloatware

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 11 April 2006 15:53, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 03:31, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > And while we're thinking about code reuse, why does 'dll hell' occur?
> > >
> > > ----
> > > save that one for a Windows list please.
> >
> > It wasn't meant as a question, Craig.  Dll hell occurs, AIUI, precisely
> > because there is shared code, badly written and badly controlled.
>
> I'd say it happens because people choose not to use the existing
> shared code but instead duplicate it in an incompatible way.
> Sometimes this happens because the original version omits a
> needed feature, sometimes because the subsequent programmer
> didn't understand the correct way to use the original or just
> wants to do it his own way.
>
All likely to be contributory factors.  Either way, they are down to shared 
code in windows.

Anne
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