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Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 16:10:52 +0000
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Dave Bird <dave AT xemu DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: GDB to debug Masm/Nasn output?
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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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