[ale] OT: Re: posting to Linux mail list

[larryr2 at bellsouth.net (Larry Richardson)]

Geoffrey wrote:
>>
>> VB compiles to a binary, yes.
> 
> 
> Does it not require an additional dll?  Is it truly an executable?  I 
> really don't know.  Just the same, C is definitely compiled to a binary 
> and Perl can be as well.
> 

VB does usually require a runtime DLL... but that is analagous to most C 
executables needing the libc routines to run (unless you never call the 
C library routines... most do).  In both cases, they are  executables 
that call routines within a seperate shared library (unless you bother 
to statically link every library that you call).