Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 08:46:01 +0400 (EDT)
From: kaikow AT standards DOT com (Howard)
Subject: Re: djgpp system call
To: eifert AT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

I would agree that porting is the most important use, was that not the
reason for the port of GNU C/C++ in the first place?

Th. Eifert writes:
: > There are two uses for djgpp: (1) port unix software to DOS and (2) get
: > around the 640K limit in new or existing DOS software.  I doubt anyone has
: > any statistics on which use is more common, but it sounds like your use is
: > primarily #1 while mine is primarily #2.
: > 
: If the decision between (1) and (2) imposes the further direction for
: djgpp, I'd indeed suggest to collect the opinions.
: For me, the main strenght of djgpp is that it's derived directly from
: a UNIX-compiler, and therefore I can get (almost) all my software 
: running on (almost) any system without changes.

: Thomas

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