Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/04/15/07:35:09
(stwand07 AT uctvms DOT uct DOT ac DOT za) writes:
> In article <3170CE61 DOT 68C0 AT chat DOT carleton DOT ca>, Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT chat DOT carleton DOT ca> writes:
>
>> I read that ID Software's sequel to DOOM, Quake, was written using DJGPP! I am
>> somewhat incredulous and ask if this is indeed to be taken at face value.
>>
>
> AFAIK it's true. The Quake demo has some text files, which mention DJGPP v 2.0.
> Anyway, it comes with CSDPMI, so no prizes for guessing what compiler was used!
> I don't quite see why you are so incredulous, although it is nice to see Djgpp
> being used by large-scale commercial developers! It proves that free stuff can
> out-class expensive products anyday!
>
> I think one advantage of using DJGPP was that they could cross-develop their
> code on Unix boxes, and then compile the game for the PC once they had it
> working.
And their cross developed code on a unix box was going to make sound with
what, and graphics with what? Even if Unix boxes typically had graphics
and sound cards (I guess Linux boxes do anyways, but every "real" unix
I've seen runs on little vt100 terminals connected to a big black box
somewhere with flashing lights and disk drives...) wouldn't they be
saddled with completely rewriting the graphics and sound routines to
finally port it over to DOS? Lastly, the aforementioned graphics and sound
routines probably comprise the bulk of their work!
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