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30 years ago we used DOS and DLL Hell was a completely unknown concept. We did have to deal with himem.sys though.

• justin66 5y ago
  On the contrary, 30 years ago we were using Windows 3.0, which is about when dll hell started being a real thing. (DLL hell stopped being a problem a lot sooner than you probably think, too...)
  • nisegami 5y ago
    >DLL hell stopped being a problem a lot sooner than you probably think, too Does not match my experience at work unfortunately.
    • justin66 5y ago
      If you're seeing this on any version of Windows made in the last 22 years or so, it's because a software developer fucked up in a really creative way. My condolences. Sometimes the issue is that people have tended to conflate "dll hell" and "dependency hell." That's an old pet peeve of mine and I realize it doesn't matter...