Date:	Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:36:45 -0500
Message-Id:	<199902030136.UAA14629@envy.delorie.com>
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to:	<3.0.6.32.19990202201308.007fd250@pop.netaddress.com> (message
	from Paul Derbyshire on Tue, 02 Feb 1999 20:13:08 -0500)
Subject:	Re: COFF Format (was Re: performance)
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> Couldn't a stub be made to run PE executables in DOS? Or are they dependent
> on having NT kernel functions available?

PEs already have an ms-dos stub on them.  However, the property that
makes them useful (other programs can use them) also makes them native
NT programs (they have a PE header in the right place).

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