On 2006.10.23 at 13:54:55 +0100, Martin Simmons wrote:

> > 1. DLL name issue is not permanentely settled. MSVC build creates
> >     libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll, and Mingw build  crypto32.dll and
> >     ssl32.dll. Patch includes code to support this difference, but I'm
> >     not absolutely sure it belongs there.
> 
> BTW, what is the meaning of "32" in the names?

Theoretically there can be 16-bit versions of the DLLS for Win16.
In future, when Mingw builds would support x86_64 architecture, there
sould be 64-bit versions. (Now, I suppose only MSVC builds can generate
64-bit dlls)

And they have to coexist on the same machine.

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