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Date:	Wed, 18 Feb 2004 10:20:05 -0500
To:	"Krzysztof Duleba" <krzysan AT skrzynka DOT pl>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Assembler
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At 09:04 AM 2/18/2004, Krzysztof Duleba you wrote:
>Williams, Gerald S (Jerry) wrote:
>> By asking for int 0x80 support, you're really asking
>> for the ability to run precompiled Linux applications.
>
>What do you mean by "precompiled"?


He means Linux ix86 binaries running unmodified on Windows.
That was a goal of "LINE" <http://line.sourceforge.net/>.


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