Difference between .exe file(generated by Visual studio 08),and active dll..

[coolsandyforyou]

Hi,

I want to know whether there will be any execution speed improvement in running .exe file and running active dll file..if there why it is so?

and also tell me the difference between the two..

thanks in advance..

[Roman_D_Intel]

Hi,

I am not sure what your concrete test scenario is... There can be slowdown for small functions that need just a few hundred clock cycles: such functions are usually inlined by the compiler. If you try to move such functions to DLL from exe and call them from exe, then you introduce a function call overhead which might increase the running time of these functions significantly.

Best regards,

Roman