Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 19:32:09 -0400
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> What is go32, then?

An obsolete program used only by DJGPP version 1, which is itself
obsolete and unsupported.  DJGPP version 2 does not use it.

> DJGPP compiled programs don't use an *external * extender (like dos4gw
> and others), but they use go32, which is itself a built-in DOS
> extender.

DJGPP compiled programs include only a 2k stub, which does nothing
more than copy the program into protected mode and runs it.  The rest
of the DJGPP runtime relies on DPMI services of the operating system
(Win95, DOSEMU, etc).  There is no external extender.