From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 7/7/2025 6:08 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Mon, 7 Jul 2025 15:06:24 -0600, Mark Berryman wrote:   
   >> Some of the extensions were built as separate loadable modules either   
   >> due to their size or because they require separate optional libraries   
   >> that not everyone has.  All that is necessary to load them is to have   
   >> the following in php_root:[000000]php.ini:   
   >>   
   >> extension=php_pdo_pgsql.exe   
   >> extension=php_pgsql.exe   
   >   
   > Why did VMS ever adopt the convention that shareable libraries would have   
   > tne same .EXE extension as executables?   
      
   Maybe because someone at DEC made a random decision in 1977?   
      
   Maybe because they practically are the same?   
      
   $ type main1.c   
   #include    
      
   void f(const char *s)   
   {   
        puts(s);   
   }   
      
   int main()   
   {   
        f("main1");   
        return 0;   
   }   
   $ cc main1   
   $ link/share main1 + sys$input/opt   
   SYMBOL_VECTOR=(f=PROCEDURE)   
   $   
   $ run main1   
   main1   
   $ define/nolog main1shr sys$disk:[]main1   
   $ type main2.c   
   #include    
      
   void f(const char *s);   
      
   int main()   
   {   
        f("main2");   
        return 0;   
   }   
   $ cc main2   
   $ link main2 + sys$input/opt   
   main1shr/share   
   $   
   $ run main2   
   main2   
      
   Arne   
      
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