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From: Dave Love <d DOT love AT dl DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Standard 32-bit libraries
Date: 22 Apr 1996 12:42:55 +0100
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In-reply-to: Eli Zaretskii's message of Sun, 21 Apr 1996 08:28:21 GMT
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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>>>>> On Sun, 21 Apr 1996 08:28:21 GMT, Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> said:

 Eli> On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, Rafael R. Sevilla wrote:

 >> Is it possible to use standard 32-bit objects and libraries, such
 >> as those that will link with Watcom or some other more standard
 >> 32-bit compiler? I

 Eli> Please read the DJGPP FAQ list (v2/faq200b.zip from the same
 Eli> place you get DJGPP).  It mentions such a converter in section
 Eli> 17.5 and also explains the non-trivial nature of any such
 Eli> conversion in chapter 17.

This section doesn't seem to answer the question as I interpreted it,
which is one I also wanted to ask from a position of some DOS
ignorance.  Can I try to rephrase it?

Is the djgpp C ABI known to be compatible with any common proprietary
compiler/extender system modulo obj->coff, or is this not a sensible
question?  Specifically, if I want to use a library (one for a data
acquisition card in this case) that has a choice of bindings not
including djgpp, am I screwed?  Is it possible that I can obj->coff
and link against one intended for some other 32-bit C compiler system
-- some variation on Borland, Microsoft, Watcom or whatever?