From: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: CWSDPMI/DJGPP integration [was Re: Peculiar behavior of program.]
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 10:36:12 CDT
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> Yes, this was considered in the past, but was never a high priority
> due to low benefits.  ... [snip many good reasons it's low benefit]
> Since unmapping parts of the address space really only works with
> CWSDPMI and a couple of rarely used hosts, this doesn't seem like an
> important issue.  However, as usual, motivated volunteers are welcome
> to submit patches.


I agree completely with Eli's analysis.  With this many years of 
contributions by users, low effort in DJGPP frequently also means 
low benefits (or it would have been done already ...)

But sometimes people are looking for projects, so I thought I'd toss out
some ideas.