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Open DosWorld opened this issue 1 year ago • 2 comments

Hello!

I want purpose add one more file format to loader. Something like Adam or .com (in 32bit sense). Reason: pe is over complicated (imho), so it will do more simple work (=> more simple code) for people who try to create compiler/linker. I don’t want say “reject pe” (for me pe is mean - support industry standards), but have alternative (try to growth new).

DosWorld avatar Aug 14 '24 07:08 DosWorld

I want purpose add one more file format to loader. Reason: pe is over complicated (imho), so it will do more simple work...

But - if it is to be a very simple format, why do you need a loader at all?

Btw, there are at least 2 "loaders" in HX: DPMILD32.EXE and LOADPE.BIN. The latter one is rather simple - no support for dlls.

Baron-von-Riedesel avatar Aug 18 '24 12:08 Baron-von-Riedesel

In other words, I can get source code of LOADPE.BIN, reduce and make loader for my own format… Thanks, sounds like great idea!

DosWorld avatar Aug 20 '24 19:08 DosWorld