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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 20:13:08 -0500
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From: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
Subject: Re: COFF Format (was Re: performance)
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At 06:55 PM 2/2/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>> It would also simplify a lot of things, at least if you switched to
>> PE format.
>
>If DJGPP produced PE executables, they wouldn't be DOS programs,
>they'd be NT programs, and you wouldn't get to do any of the cool
>djgpp things.  If you want PE format, use Cygwin.

Couldn't a stub be made to run PE executables in DOS? Or are they dependent
on having NT kernel functions available?

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