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Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 22:04:58 -0500
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: The system cannot execute the specified program
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> DJGPP is a 32-bit compiler, so does the compiled executable count as
> a 32-bit program? Does windows treat all dos programs as 16-bit? Is
> there a way to flag the compiler to tell windows to treat it as a
> 32-bit program?

DJGPP produced 32 bit programs, but there is still a 16 bit stub that
lets MS-DOS load it.  From Windows' point of view, all DJGPP programs
are (initially) 16 bit programs.

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