Mail Archives: djgpp/1995/02/07/13:58:38
Thanks to all who answered my queries from last week. I think I am
clearer on what DJGPP is.
Somehow I was mislead into thinking that DJGPP would run under
OS/2. Yes, it will run in the DOS box of OS/2, like most DOS
programs, but that does not make it an OS/2 program. (Please change
the README file so others do not get mislead.) If I cannot get a C++
compiler for OS/2, a DOS compiler will do. The DJGPP 32 bit compiler
is more complexity than I need.
I am trying to set up for a semester project in which I will
compare features of and experience with C++ and Ada. I have the GNAT
Ada compiler (for OS/2) which I got from NYU. Since it is based on the
GCC compiler, I was hoping to get a C++ compiler for OS/2 or DOS
based on GCC. It is difficult to figure out which of the ZIP files at
oak.oakland.edu that I need.
The first thing I did before asking any questions on this list was
to try to RTFM. That prompted my second question about the format of
the documentation. The most complete answers I got told me to execute
INFO against a file ending in .DIR. After unzipping all of the Doc
packages, there are no files ending in .DIR, and when I tried INFO
with a .INF file it always returned an error saying it can't open the
file. I would LOVE to RTFM, but I can't!
T. Scott Ankrum -- IBM, Software Solutions Division, Bethesda
Phone: (301)-803-1990 FAX: (301)-803-2377
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Internet: scott_ankrum AT vnet DOT ibm DOT com
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