On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:11:47 +0200, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> I found several other DLLs which apparently export... absolutely
> nothing. (Why do they exist then?)

A DLL need not export its functions by name.



> Some DLLs for highly complex tasks appear to export a tiny amount of  
> stuff, so clearly there's something I'm not seeing.

A COM-based DLL need only expose a single function, one that returns a COM  
interface pointer. The complex stuff is then reached through that  
interface.



> And then there are huge, huge numbers of DLLs on the system which aren't  
> registered anywhere.

Not all DLLs are COM servers.



> And who says that staring into a screen full of code numbers is a good  
> way to learn stuff? ;-)

I don’t even see the code anymore; all I see now is blonde, brunette,  
redhead...



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FE

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