Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/02/21/11:14:50
In message <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 990221164644 DOT 20951F-100000 AT is>, Eli Zaretskii
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes
>
>On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, Dave Bird wrote:
>
>> It might be worth a note in the FAQ -- eventually -- though, fair do's,
>> what I am trying is a bit non-standard and not all that frequent.
>
>Thanks for the suggestion.
>
>When the FAQ talks about COFF, it means the DJGPP/Unix variety of COFF.
>Microsoft has deviated from the accepted standards, as they always do.
Why am I not surprised :-> ?
>Since nobody has yet tried to interpret COFF to mean the output of
>MASM/LINK, the FAQ doesn't mention that.
I have; and MASM/LINK manuals say "this is COFF output".
Up to you of course but, in terms of what people actually do,
a note that "(though the output of MASM/TASM might not be
compatible -- use NASM with LD linker instead)" would be helpful.
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