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> End user of a linker? I'd argue that if you're not packaging your software or testing your software's dependencies, either you're doing something extremely e
by rewma 5y ago
> End user of a linker?
I'd argue that if you're not packaging your software or testing your software's dependencies, either you're doing something extremely exotic that lies far outside anyone's happy path or "dylib error" should not even be a keyword in your vocabulary.
- alisonkisk 5y agoThe windows version, DLL Hell, is well known to non programmers.
- pjc50 5y agoRoughly the same thing happens on Windows and is called "DLL hell", occasionally witnessed by end users.
- rewma 5y agoDLL Hell ceased to be a practical concern over a decade ago, particularly given that Windows provides tight control over its dynamic linking search order. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/dlls/dynamic-link-library-search-order https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/dlls/dynamic-... DLL Hell is not a linking problem, it's a packaging problem.