Are *.pyd's universal?

[Carl Banks]

On Oct 31, 1:32 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l... at geek-
central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
> In message <6e603d9c-2be0-449c-9c3c-
>
> bab49e09e... at 13g2000prl.googlegroups.com>, Carl Banks wrote:
> > It's not Python that's the issue.  The issue is that if you have a
> > module with a .dll extension, other programs could accidentally try to
> > load that module instead of the intended dll, if the module is in the
> > current directory or system path.  Modules will sometimes find
> > themselves on the path in Windows, so the fact that Windows performs a
> > library search on the path is quite significant.
>
> Why is it only Windows is prone to this problem?