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Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 08:18:26 -0500
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From: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
Subject: Re: I just wanted to assemble this old program under NASM....
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At 02:17 PM 2/28/99 +0200, you wrote:
>But if you are talking about the debug support being tailored to COFF,
>then yes, this is one of the issues that will need to be resolved if
>DJGPP ever switches to another object file format.  See section 22.21
>of the FAQ for more details.

IMO, DJGPP development should proceed with an eye to making it less
dependent on COFF immediately, so that in the event of a change it can be
implemented swiftly and easily. Phase out the COFFisms and replace with
code that is format-independent, localizing any format dependent stuff in
one place where it is easily changed systematically.

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