Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 11:22:39 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: ERTUNG BORA <ertung AT ponder DOT csci DOT unt DOT edu>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Dynamic libraries on unix->dos with djgpp ?
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On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, ERTUNG BORA wrote:

> Hi folks, I have a quick question. I know there are 
> dynamic libraries which are used by different applications
> on unix machines. For example motif, motif library is a dynamicly
> linked library. My question is very simple. Isnt that possible to 
> port this feature to the dos using djgpp? It doesnt look like hardware
> or operating system dependent.

Nobody has yet wrote support for dynamic libraries in DJGPP.  DJGPP 
supports a limited version of dynamically-loadable code called DXE.  The 
DJGPP FAQ explains a bit about DXEs in section 22.13.  The FAQ is 
available as v2/faq201b.zip from the same place you get DJGPP.