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[roxtar]

Hi,
I want to dynamically load some assemblies and invoke certain functions given in those assemblies. All these functions will implement the same interface, so that I don't have to bear the performance hit of a Type.InvokeMember call. For loading these assemblies dynamically I will, obviously, have to use the Assembly.Load/LoadFrom routines.
My question is, is it advisable to put some assemblies (which may be dynamically loaded frequently) into the GAC or have some sort of a replacement algorithm (like LRU) to add and remove these assemblies from the GAC ? Also, if I put these assemblies into the GAC, will the Assembly.Load/LoadFrom routines check the GAC first while searching for the assembly or will I have to query the GAC to find whether the requested assembly exists in the GAC or not and then proceed?

Thanks for any thoughts or help.
Cheers