In message <[email protected]>, Christian 
Heimes wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro schrieb:
>
>> In message <[email protected]>,
>> Christian Heimes wrote:
>> 
>>> On Linux and several other Unices the suffix is .so and not .pyd.
>> 
>> Why is that? Or conversely, why isn't it .dll under Windows?
> 
> On Windows it used to be .dll, too.
> The suffix was changed to avoid issues with other dlls and name clashes.

What clashes? How come other OSes don't seem prone to the same problems?
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