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> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 94 17:27:20 -0500 > From: rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Richard Stallman) > > The theory is that since gas must already support these 16-bit > instructions for the i386 anyway, it should be trivial to tell it that > the *default* size should be assumed different, so that it would > produce code that assumed it was running in a 16-bit segment instead > of a 32-bit segment. > > Well, if the theory holds true, this won't cost us much. > > Then, the only work that would need to be done > is to produce dos-style OMF output, which is also used for some 32-bit > systems. > > This isn't useful for the GNU system at all; it should have lower > priority than work that does help the GNU project. That's crucial for > people who would work either on this or on some other GNU work. I > hope they'll make sure they are not spending substantial time on this. I would also point out that if you're interested, as I am, in being compatible with the Evil Empire (Microsoft), that the value of any omf or sixteen bit work will be zero real soon.