From: bogdan@nospicedham.poczta.gazeta.pl   
      
   On 27.06.2017 19:21, NimbUs wrotee:   
   > Bogdan (bogdro) dit dans news:595281ca$0$657$65785112   
   > @news.neostrada.pl:   
   >   
   >>  Now this is interesting indeed. This is most probably OS-   
   > dependent.   
   >> For example, Linux doesn't decorate C names, so "printf" in   
   > source   
   >> code is just a "printf" in binary, but on DOS or Windows,   
   > it's   
   >> "_printf". I may need to update my tutorial. Could you just   
   > tell me   
   >> what Fortran's "MAIN" looks like in the binary? Is it   
   > "_MAIN__" (1   
   >> underscore before, 2 underscores after)?   
   >   
   > This one is easy, taking a peek inside g77-generated .exe   
   > files : is '_MAIN__' exactly as you predicted.   
      
      
    I thought so, thanks for the confirmation.   
      
      
   >>> *Mod. 2 : The object format expected by g77 on the platform   
   > is   
   >>> coff, not ELF, so I had to change the assembler command   
   > line   
   >>> to :  'nasm -f coff asm1fl.asm' .   
   >   
   >>  Yes. For DJGPP on DOS it also would be COFF,   
   >   
   > Though Frank suggested 'nasm -f win32' produces a Coff-variant   
   > more suitable for Win32 platforms. Both types worked for your   
   > simple demo, but maybe would not on sources   
      
      
    I agree. Remember about the possibilities, but use whatever suits   
   your system best.   
      
      
   >> for 16-bit compilers it   
   >> would be OMF, but I don't know if GNU compilers are ported   
   > to 16 bit   
   >> somewhere, so no need to worry about this, just a side note.   
   >   
   > Fortunately GNU Fortan programs, nominally compiled for the   
   > Windows 32 bit "console" system, /do/ run, unmodified, under   
   > the late Japheth's "HX" DPMI + Win emulation for DOS. Thus it   
   > is not really necessary to long for a native DOS port of the   
   > GNU compiler, that will never happen for a lot of reasons, I   
   > think...   
      
    Right. I'm using DJGPP myself too. Like I said - this was just   
   informational. Use whatever is the most convenient for you.   
      
      
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