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> From: "Bill Cunningham" <nospam AT nspam DOT net>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> 
>     Does DJGPP create 32-bit DOS programs?

Yes.

> DOS programs are 16 bit.

No.

A DOS program certainly _starts_ as a 16-bit program (since that's the
only kind DOS knows how to run), but it can switch to 32-bit protected
mode right after that, and run most of its code as 32-bit.  That's
precisely what DJGPP programs do: the startup code begins as 16-bit,
then switches to 32-bit protected mode using a DPMI function.