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From:	Arash <ei39594 AT ios DOT chalmers DOT se>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: QUAKE and DJGPP
Date:	16 Apr 1996 11:02:07 GMT
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Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT chat DOT carleton DOT ca> wrote:
>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.

Since DJGPP is a DOS port of GNU GCC - available on many UNIX systems 
like Linux & SGI - and ID uses RedHat Linux machines with GCC, they 
shouldn't use another DOS compiler and have to rewrite half of the code 
when porting to dos, should they?? 

Or you could just ask them :)

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