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Subject: Re: (fwd) startup-code
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> From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 00:27:54 +0200 (MET DST)
> 
> After I've found "start" in the djgpp.djl: if the program in question
> can get hold of "start", it can get hold of "etext" as well...

In theory, yes.  In practice, there might be too many code to fix, and
in non-obvious places.

> (Why isn't there a symbol called "_start" (and "djgpp_last_ctor" and
> djgpp_first_dtor and ...) defined in djgpp.djl

I guess these are specific to DJGPP, so DJ opted to keep them out.