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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:38:08 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <FRK3uCQ8omIE079yn@bbs.TKU.edu.tw> (StephenH.bbs@bbs.TKU.edu.tw)
Subject: Re: is that right? please correct me.
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> after serval experiments, I come to a conclusion: a EXE compiled by
> DJGPP (run with CWSDPMI), are just like a HUGE .COM file without any
> RELOCATION table.

Nope.  A DJGPP program is a tiny (2048 byte) .EXE followed by a
COFF-format 32-bit executable image.  The 2k EXE just loads the COFF
image and runs it.

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