Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/04/16/18:05:14
In article <199604160309 DOT XAA20709 AT delorie DOT com>,
DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>
>> By the way what was the specific features to ID ?
>
>Near pointers. Charles worked with them the most, implementing
>special support in cwsdpmi for this as well as core support in djgpp
>for new memory region handling.
Thank goodness for iD! I think I would die without nearptrs. ;) And
I don't mind them making 16MB/P5 systems standard gamer's equipment, either.
On an semi-unrelated note..
I think my evangelizing DJGPP in rec.games.programmer is having an effect.
The attitude used to be "buggy DOS port, uses nonstandard go32." Now it's
"faster code than Watcom, DPMI, 32-bit, etc." Quake is no doubt a large
factor in "legitimizing" DJGPP as well.
--brennan
p.s. And no annoying "DOS/4GW..." type startup message. That's my real
reason... ;)
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