Author: Rod SpeedRod Speed Date: Jan 14, 2007 15:16
> Rod Speed wrote
>> The main advantage with using dlls is that that common code
>> is in the dlls and doesnt get repeated in all the apps etc.
> My email client (Eudora 5.2) includes and maintains
> all its own .dll files within its own file folders.
Dinosaur approach.
> Thus, separating it from the operating system making it able to be
> totally backed up and restored by merely copying all its file folders.
Most dont want to backup the code, its trivially replaceable
from the installable, what matters is the data files that arent.
If you do want a very quick restore on hard drive failure etc,
its much better to just image the entire drive and restore that.
> It also avoids the risk of having to deal with conflicting changes in "shared" .dll files.
Yes, it certainly does that.
> I wish all my applications were that straight foreword.
The world's moved on. For good reasons.
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