Many of the programs I write end up needing to do the same types of things all over again as are being done in others programs I've already written. Rather than "re-invent the wheel" each time (and/or copy & paste the same code into each new program I write), I've instead gathered most of the more common functions into one place: this library (dll). That way if I need to fix a bug in a particular function and/or add support for new features/functionality to an already existing function or class, I only need to do it in one place and not all over again in each program individually. I could have accomplished the same thing by making this set of common functions a static library rather than a DLL, but then if I had to make a change to the library I'd then have to relink all of my programs with the new library and then ship that new version to all my customers. With the library being a DLL however, all I have to do is build a new version of the DLL instead and ship that to everyone, WITHOUT having to re-link and re-ship each given product individually. This makes for easier maintenance on my part as well as for my customers since all they have to do is download/install the new version of the DLL and instantly *all* of their Software Development Laboratories products are magically updated with the fix and/or new functionality. -- "Fish" (David B. Trout)

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FishLib: Fish's Handy Dandy Support Library

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FishLib32D.dll

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