From:	Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT praline DOT no DOT NeoSoft DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Compressed executables
To:	UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU (Aaron Ucko)
Date:	Tue, 14 Mar 1995 17:35:36 -0600 (CST)
Cc:	jensen AT nora DOT gih DOT no, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

> Interesting idea, but I'm fairly sure DJGPP currently does some sort of
> demand loading when it uses its own extender (as opposed to DPMI);
> compression would tend to break this technique, unless executables were
> uncompressed to a temp. directory first, which would increase load time.
> A more sophisticated tcx-like solution might almost be feasible, but the
> appropriate TSR would probably be a bit tricky to write.

Since V2 does not demand load anymore, appropriate modifications to the 
stub could make this a reality.  

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