From: Tudor Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: dos data segment Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 18:34:12 -0800 Organization: Communications Accesibles Montreal Lines: 25 Message-ID: <32B9FB24.2696@cam.org> References: Reply-To: tudor AT cam DOT org NNTP-Posting-Host: dynamicppp-142.hip.cam.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp mwallace AT skyler DOT wiltel DOT com wrote: > > I have read the FAQ and I still don't completely > understand what the DOS datasegment (_dos_ds) is. Can > someone explain it to me in a different way? Thanks. > > Mike I've got no ideea either,but: An exe file should have (in dos,anyway) a code segment where the actual code is and a data segment where data is kept. BTW:is "data" plural or singular?according to the dictionary data is plural. So wadda ya say: Tha DATA IS in a file or Tha DATA ARE in a file?? TIA. -- tudor 'at' cam 'dot' org http://www.cam.org/~tudor -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d-(--) s(-):(+) a? C+ UL>++++ P L>+++++ E- W++ N o K---(----) w--- O---- M-- V-? PS+++ PE Y PGP t+ 5-- X+++>++++ R tv b+ DI D+ G e->++ h>++ r- y>+++++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------