[Python-Dev] DLL in the system directory on Windows.

James C. Ahlstrom jim@interet.com
Wed, 05 Apr 2000 09:33:29 -0400


Guido van Rossum wrote:
> OK, you go argue with the Tcl folks.  They create a vaguely unix-like
> structure under c:\Program Files\Tcl: subdirectories lib, bin,
> include, and then they dump their .exe and their .dll files in the bin
> directory.  They also try to munge PATH to include their bin
> directory, but that often doesn't work (not on Windows 95/98 anyway).

That is even worse than I thought.  Obviously they are
incompetent in Windows.

Mark's suggestion is a great one!

JimA