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From: "Paul G." <pgarceau@attbi.com>
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 16:13:05 -0700
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Subject: Re: .dll question 
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Hi folks,

	Thank you, ahead of time, for your consideration and your replies.

On 2 Oct 2002 at 17:09, Phil Dempster wrote:

> > Try not to add to noise for this list unless it
> > seems necessary for something I am currently
> > porting.  That is my apology ahead of time.
> > 
> > Does msvc/c++ load .dlls generated using
> > gcc -shared  -mno-cygwin?
> 
> You can use gcc compiled DLLs with MSVC compiled
> executables.  However, you won't be able to debug them
> in the MSVC IDE.

	Thank you, Phil.  Thank you again for that clarification.

	On a related note, can Cygwin generate c++ .dlls which are loadable by msvc++ or 
does Microsofts'  method of name mangling prohibit such things?

	Thanks again for your input folks.

	Paul G.

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