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"Stephen Roderick" <stephen_roderick AT ssl DOT umd DOT edu> wrote in message
news:383C2C21 DOT 4586642A AT ssl DOT umd DOT edu...
> Using gnu make to run bcc.exe (Borland's 16-bit compiler) under
> DOS (Winddoze 95 DOS) provides a nice descriptive error of
>
> "Loader error (0025): cannot initialize"
>8
> And before you ask, yes I'd love to use GCC but that just isn't an
> acceptable option here. Sigh ...

Why not?
Gas syntax giving you trouble? Get NASM.
Executables too big? UPX will fix that.
Need compatibility with old non-open-source libraries? Is that it?

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