Re: Windows and DLLs

[Daniel Barlow <dan telent net>]

On Thu, Oct 01, 1998 at 11:10:18AM -0400, Christopher Curtis wrote:
> Programs written for a lower minor version should compile with a higher
                                                    ^^^^^^^
You meant "run".  Programs compiled against an earlier version should
run unchanged with a later one.  If they don't, something's broken.
(Granted your ststement is also correct, but that's easier ...)

> Changes in the <major> version indicate a modification to the API, or a

Or maybe just to the ABI.  Changes in structure sizes, the numeric
values of symbolic constants, that kind of stuff.  

If people want to reply to this, I'm going to be obnoxious and ask
that you do it to me not to the list.  We're going offtopic again.

-dan