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DLL hell is an umbrella term for the complications that arise when one works with dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) used with older Microsoft Windows operating systems, particularly legacy 16-bit editions, which all run in a single memory space. DLL hell can appear in many different ways, wherein affected programs may fail to run correctly, if at all. It is the Windows ecosystem-specific form of the general concept dependency hell. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: DLL hellA 5-minute orientation
- Read the landmark paper: DLL Hell: Software Dependencies, Failure, and the Maintenance of Microsoft WindowsCited 20 times
- Go sideways: Dynamic-link libraryA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Dependency hellA closely related topic
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