[WinMac] Re: extensions & DLL's

Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Wed, 13 Jan 1999 22:25:31 -0500

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What is even worse is that there can be several instances of a .DLL --With
different versions -- in different directories. AARRRGGGHHHH!

At 09:17 PM 1/13/99 -0500, Alex replied to me:
>> I work on Macs every day. And unless I perform a "clean install" with no
>>apps, then even I have trouble keeping up with everything Adobe, Quark, and
>>M$ apps deposit into the Extensions Folder... Even double-clicking the line
>>item in Conflict Catcher doesn't always explain what this or that
>>particular file does...
>
>Much worse are the thousands of dlls that windows apps like to install
>all the time. And these have very criptic names that are hard to figure
>out what they're for (when will we ever see the last of those damn 8.3
>names???). At least with the extensions you get aninlking of what it is
>by its name (sometimes) if Conflict cathcer doesn't tell you...

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