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From: mead AT comtch DOT iea DOT com (Kelly Birr)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Help with djgpp....please...
Date: 31 Jul 1995 02:57:55 GMT
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In article <3v94n2$ues AT moose DOT erie DOT net>, rinderle AT moose DOT erie DOT net says...
>
>I'm a C/C++/Objective-C programmer. I wish to obtain gcc ported to the 
>pc. I have a few questions concerning this:
>
>1. Is djgpp what I'm looking for...

It's the best port of GCC that I'v found!

>2. What files do I need and where can I find them...
>   (Libraries, Compiler, Linker, etc...  for using C/C++/Objective-C) 

You can find all the files at FTP://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/msdos/djgpp/
there are also readme files there so you know exactly what you need.

>3. If I write source for gcc will I compile correctly on other platforms, 
>in other words: Is it really portable?

Most of it will however any DOS or Intel specific funtions will not.

>4. Now here comes a dumb question... Is there a windows.h file for gcc, 
>can it create win exe's (commons sense tells me NO)

No GCC doesn't support the __far keword scince it uses 32-bit flat 
Protected mode.  As you probably already know __far is required to call 
the Windows API.