Re: [Mingw-users] Problem creating standalone DLL under Windows

[Jared M. <abs...@gm...>]

> Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:46:39 +0100
> From: Peter Rockett <p.r...@sh...>
> Subject: Re: [Mingw-users] Problem creating standalone DLL under
> 	Windows
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> Others consider there is never any
> justification for static linking and that it is an irrational Windows
> obsession. (Hope I'm not distorting the view of others in that summary!)
>
> P.

I remember someone almost literally posting that, though I think the
details were slightly different (someone wanting to avoid DLLs
entirely, as I recall).