Date:	Tue, 4 Apr 1995 08:37:23 -0400
From:	dj (DJ Delorie)
To:	rdc AT freenet DOT vancouver DOT bc DOT ca
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: Info on future enh. to FSF gcc, not djgpp (unoffical providor)

>  The first sounds like a good feature for us, the other sound as though
> they may be straying from MSDOS even further - A PLOT against us ;>

Huh?  I don't see how you can get that opinion from what you posted.

>    * C Interpreter
> The FSF is adding interpreter facilities to the GNU compiler and
> debugger.

This will be usable for ms-dos also.

>    * GAS
> The GNU assembler is in the process of being rewritten to fully use the
> BFD library.

DJGPP's gas will use this as well, when the time comes.

>    * GCC
> New front ends for GCC are being developed, but they are not yet part of
> GCC.

The new front ends will automatically work under DJGPP as well.

>   They claim djgpp is _thier_ version 2.5.8 (for djgpp 2.6.3) if I read
> correctly. ftp://alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu/ has 'alpha' versions of gcc.

They might have old information.  A previous version of djgpp used gcc
2.5.8.  They don't maintain that information; they rely on others to
provide accurate information for them.  If it is wrong, send them a
correction.

>   They are not expending great efforts to support MSDOS ;>

They are expending NO efforts to support MS-DOS.  That's MY job.  And
your job.  All they do, which is about all they do for any platform,
is let me send them patches that make gcc work on my platform.  If
nobody sends them patches for a given platform (*any* platform), that
platform becomes unsupported.

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