GAC Phobia- March 28, 2004 I was recently forwarded a link to a posting entitled &8220;Avoid the GAC&8221;. I would like to offer some insights into points addressed by this article, to help clarify misconceptions you may have about the GAC, and its intended usage. The article argues that the GAC is the managed equivalent of the Windows system32 directory, and suffers from the same DLL sharing problems of the past (e.g. &8220;DLL hell&8221;). While it is pointed out that the GAC does facilitate side-by-side storage of...http://blogs.msdn.com/alanshi/archive/2004/03/28/100765.aspx |