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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 07:56:35 -0400
From: dj (DJ Delorie)
Message-Id: <199604101156.HAA15808@delorie.com>
To: martynas DOT kunigelis AT VM DOT KTU DOT LT
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <199604100731.DAA02886@delorie.com> (message from Martynas Kunigelis on Wed, 10 Apr 96 10:28:50 LIT)
Subject: Re: Q on DPMI

>  What is the 16 bit exit() helper for in the startup code? Isn't DPMI
> supposed to free all memory and selectors anyway once the program exits?

The key word here is "supposed to".  No, they don't all work right.
In fact, only cwsdpmi actually frees ALL the selectors.

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