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I haven't really encountered DLL hell in Windows for the last 15 years or so. Most apps simply bundle all their dependencies locally and don't install them syst

• cratermoon 5y ago
  It's true, DLL Hell is mostly a thing of a past. The fact the Windows apps "fix" it by maintaining their own dependencies completely isolated from system-level libraries isn't exactly what I'd call a great solution. On the flip side, an application running in isolation from the system in a container including all the necessary dependencies is pretty much Docker, so maybe it's not terrible?
  • the_only_law 5y ago
    > The fact the Windows apps "fix" it by maintaining their own dependencies completely isolated from system-level libraries isn't exactly what I'd call a great solution. Sadly ran into an issue with this today. A program I wanted to use I guess forgot to ship the dependencies in the provided binaries of most recent version. I could maybe track them down, but many of not all of them would have to be built from source, which I’d rather not bother with.