It is (unfortunately) part of the spec. I'll never understand why Microsoft used the .DLL extension. Even pre-dotnet dlls didn't always use .DLL (e.g. ActiveX controls use .OCX and control panel applets used .CPL).
To make things even worse P/Invoke uses the "DllImport" attribute to import non-dotnet shared libraries. And on Unix, shared libraries don't even have a DLL extension! Personally, I think they should change the extension to .DNA (Dot Net Assembly) in V2 :-). Mmm netmodules could even use .RNA. ^Tum > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mono-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of juan > Sent: Wednesday, 18 June 2003 12:27 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mono-list] .dll .exe ? > > why does mono uses .exe and .dll on unix > > * not on the list * > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
