Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 15:29:34 -0600 (CST)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: [Q] eliminating underbars
To: kbaca AT skygames DOT com
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO
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>I'd like to globally eliminate underbars from the assembly output of DJGPP 
>V2.  GCC 2.7.2 under Linux produces no underbars, while GCC 2.7.2 under 
>dos does.  I started using the asm() directive in my declarations, but 
>that's a little messy and makes my code non-portable.
>
>Is there a fix for this problem?

Why do you want to do this?  The reason GCC produces underbars under DOS but
not under Linux is that most Linux systems now use a binary format called
ELF (Executable and Linking Format) which specifies no underbars, whereas
DJGPP uses COFF, which specifies underbars.

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