If you use only Win32 APIs from C++ just like since Petzold books, the dlls are already there, there is also static linking for other stuff.
Win 9x is a dead OS, why would I bother with that outside retro computing?
Understood, yes, but I described my reasons in my reply to another comment already. Your proposed solution is not equivalent to what I am doing, it cannot work on all the systems I support, and would never be as dependency free.
Understood, yes, but I described my reasons in my reply to another comment already. Your proposed solution is not equivalent to what I am doing, it cannot work on all the systems I support, and would never be as dependency free.