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From: "David Beck" <beck AT mail DOT matav DOT hu>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: DJGPP 32-bit question
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 10:31:42 +0100
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Hi,


I started to think about why the DOS extender does
not support multithreaded programs.

As far as I know the task switching and the memory
protection are done by the CPU ( x86 ) not the OS.

( Anyway, why do we protect the memory if there is
  only one process ? ;).

My question is that, is it possible to make a DOS 
extender ( or modify some existing ), to support
multithreading or I missed something ?


David.

PS: if it is not possible, the only advantage of a
    32 bit compiler is the flat memory modell ?