Neil Hodgson wrote:
> M.-A. Lemburg:
>
>> Is it possible to have multiple versions of the lib C loaded
>> on Windows ?
>
> Yes. It is possible not only to mix C runtimes from different
> vendors but different variants from a single vendor.
>
> Historically, each vendor has shipped their own C runtime
> libraries. This was also the case with CP/M and OS/2.
>
> Many applications can be extended with DLLs and if it were not
> possible to load DLLs which use different runtimes then that would
> limit which compilers can be used to extend particular applications.
> If Microsoft were to stop DLLs compiled with Borland or Intel from
> working inside Internet Explorer or Excel then there would be
> considerable controversy and likely anti-trust actions.
Thanks for the feedback.
This sounds like the issues such a mix can cause are mostly
theoretical and don't really bother much in practice, so
PEP 384 on Windows does have a chance :-)
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