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From: james AT seas DOT gwu DOT edu (James Sally)
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Subject: Re: topline in v2
Date: 20 Dec 1995 02:46:26 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il) wrote:

: Btw, what would you do with any other compiler to see it's progress?

   Since you asked, Borland's (in Windows at least) shows the number of 
lines processed.  So as long as the number keeps rising, then I know the 
compiler is doing something.
   The topline indicator has also helped me in just setting up my dos 
environment under Win95, since it showed how much memory was left during 
compilation.  But primarily, it has also showed what sub-program the code 
crashed under (which it did from time to time).
   So, to me, the topline was a convienience, and something that I liked 
in DJGPP compared to other compilers, but I can live without it :(

Later,

Jim