From: kunst AT prl DOT philips DOT nl
Subject: DJGPP in press
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (DJGPP users list)
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1993 15:57:49 +0100 (METDST)


I saw a question some months ago about publications in which DJGPP 
(or GNU C in general) is discussed.
During my last visit to the bookstore (here in the Netherlands)
I found the following book:

   "DOS and Windows Protected Mode - Programming with DOS Extenders in C"
   Al Williams, 1993, Addison Wesley (63218)

In this book about half a page (hm...) is devoted to DJGPP.
I didn't buy the book (yet), but I summarize what I remember.
The general opinion of the author was something of DJGPP being 
rather "unprofessional":

 - the lack of DPMI support was seen as a big limitation 
   (Al should check out the latest release ;-)

 - the (absence of) support for PD software was questionned 
   (we, the readers of this list, know better...)

 - the royalty requirements were considered an obstacle
   (again, this has changed since 1.10 ofcourse)

 - The only valid (IMHO) critical remark made was concerning 
   the limited support of signals etc.

 - Al was positive when discussing the price of the package...

The book comes with a "Lite" version of the Phar-Lap DOS extender on disk.

Pieter Kunst (kunst AT prl DOT philips DOT nl)