From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DOS extenders...
Date: 4 Oct 2001 16:17:27 GMT
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Radical wrote:
> Is it fair to call 
>    Cwsdpmi.exe simply a "Dos extender" ?

No. It's not just unfair --- it's plain wrong.  CWSDPMI is a DPMI
server; thus its name.  It is not a a DOS extender --- it actually
replaced one called go32.exe as the basis of DJGPP, when the major
DJGPP version number jumped from 1 to 2.  The DOS extender
functionality now is all part of the libc, and almost nothing but the
name go32 remains of it.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.