Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 12:33:01 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: George Foot <gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Question about DJGPP2
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On 20 Feb 1997, George Foot wrote:

> Tudor (tudor AT cam DOT org) wrote:
> : The DJGPP v2 uses CWSDPMI which is a dos extender that gives you DPMI
> : support.
> ...
> : CWSDPMI is similar to Pmode, dos4gw etc. 
> 
> I know this is pretty irrelevant, but what exactly is the definition of a 
> Dos extender? I thought that go32 was a dos extender, as is DOS4GW, but 
> that CWSDPMI was simply a DPMI host. Is CWSDPMI a Dos extender then, 
> strictly speaking?

You are right, CWSDPMI is NOT a DOS extender, it's only a DPMI server.  
All the rest of the stuff that belongs to the extender is in the DJGPP C 
library and in the startup code.