Date:	Thu, 1 Jul 93 19:04:57 EDT
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To:	rth AT sparta DOT com
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: Compile Speed Problem Continued...

> Can you override the compiler to use certain type memory (EXT vs XMS vs EMS)?
> Why is EMS memory used in a protected mode compiler (why not XMS)?

EMS is used because that's what VCPI is based on.  go32 isn't
intelligent enough to manage memory from multiple sources, so it just
picks one.  The assumption is that if you're using an EMS emulator
it's because you have other programs that need EMS, so there will be
EMS memory available for go32.

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