From: Mark Hahn <mchahn@...>
Date: 2001-12-24T08:36:19+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:29383] Re: x.dll versus x.lib in mswin32 ruby


Thanks.  (You can tell I'm not a windows programmer).

Is there a way to create a .lib from a .dll or do I have to remake the dlls
with some option?

-----Original Message-----
From: Bernard Delm�e [mailto:bdelmee@advalvas.ZAPME.be]
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 3:18 PM
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Subject: [ruby-talk:29382] Re: x.dll versus x.lib in mswin32 ruby


> Does this mean that I cannot use DLL's in mswin32 Ruby?  This doesn't make
> any sense.

Naturally you can; DLL's are used at run-time (and hold the actual code),
whereas LIB's are used at build/link time (and only hold relocation info).
This is similar to .so vs .a on *nix.

HTH.