Date: Wed, 14 Jul 93 09:46:41 EDT
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To: steffens AT acelab DOT ruhr DOT de
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: ish-environment

>         as I'm quite a newbie to djgpp software, I have a (probably) FAQ
> question. So, excuse me. The question: the readme files state, that
> DJGPP was coming along with a 32-bit ish-environment, what i cannot find.
> So what is it? A special kind of unix-like shell? I hope so, but I fear
> I'm wrong. Anybody knowing better out there? 

djgpp provides the ability to compile programs such that they execute
in the 80386/80486's 32-bit mode instead of the the default (for dos)
16-bit mode.  This includes full access to virtual memory through
32-bit pointers, arithmetic using 32-bit integers, etc.  The utilities
provided to perform this function are the same GNU tools available for
most Unix systems (gcc, bison, flex, etc).