JdBP>   Incidentally, the C++ startup for many DOS compilers is still written
 JdBP>   for the 8086 and its bugs, and contains the following sequence :

 JdBP>          cli
 JdBP>          mov ss,_seg
 JdBP>          mov sp,_off
 JdBP>          sti

 JdBP>   So a *lot* of DOS applications Out There will be doing CLIs for no
 JdBP>   good reason, in their startup code.

Isn't this reasonable for a Dos program that runs in a VDM alongside a TSR? For
instance, suppose a TSR that is integrated with a common application (let's
say WordPerfect for Dos) hooks the timer. In that case, the application
should be protecting its stack.

Jeff

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