Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:36:45 -0500
Message-Id: <199902030136.UAA14629@envy.delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <3.0.6.32.19990202201308.007fd250@pop.netaddress.com> (message
	from Paul Derbyshire on Tue, 02 Feb 1999 20:13:08 -0500)
Subject: Re: COFF Format (was Re: performance)
References: <7981jv$295$1 AT nnrp1 DOT dejanews DOT com>
 <199902011747 DOT SAA11228 AT acp3bf DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
 <3 DOT 0 DOT 6 DOT 32 DOT 19990202115636 DOT 00849100 AT pop DOT netaddress DOT com>
 <199902022104 DOT QAA08963 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com>
 <7981jv$295$1 AT nnrp1 DOT dejanews DOT com> <3 DOT 0 DOT 6 DOT 32 DOT 19990202201308 DOT 007fd250 AT pop DOT netaddress DOT com>
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com


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

PEs already have an ms-dos stub on them.  However, the property that
makes them useful (other programs can use them) also makes them native
NT programs (they have a PE header in the right place).