To:	mcastle AT umr DOT edu (Mike Castle)
Cc:	haltmaye AT ibm22m DOT RZ DOT Uni-Augsburg DOT DE, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: Speed tuning programs
Date:	Fri, 19 Aug 1994 10:32:52 +0100
From:	Olly Betts <olly AT mantis DOT co DOT uk>

In message <199408182218 DOT RAA05778 AT saucer DOT cc DOT umr DOT edu>, Mike Castle writes:
>Amazingly enough Olly Betts said:
>> 
>> Why should Windows' DPMI be slower than other DPMI?
>
>Because MicroSoft wrote it.   :->

From the recursive make discussion, I'd gathered that Windows DPMI is
better than QDPMI in the amount of conventional memory it needs.  I'd
vaguely assumed this meant that it was accidentally well-written.

>Actually, I think the idea is to not be using any dpmi at all.

So is VCPI faster than DPMI?  Or am I missing some point here?

Olly

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