From: Eric Christopherson <Draximus AT fab DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: cross-compiling: FROM linux TO msdos
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 15:55:30 -0600
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James Soutter wrote:
> 
> Orlando Andico (orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph) wrote:
> 
> : If what you want is a Linux-hosted GCC which outputs DOS binaries, then
> : look no further than MOSS ("a soft blanket over the rocky slopes of DOS").
> :
> : [...]
> :
> : Honestly I haven't tried MOSS myself, as I work mostly in a UNIX
> : environment and for my rare forays into DOS I use DJGPP because that's
> : what I've always used.
> 
> I tried MOSS.  I wasn't impressed.  Under MOSS, my program ran for a
> bit and then dumped core.  Before crashing, my program produced some
> output that was messed up because '\n' wasn't mapped to '\n\r'
> properly.
> 
> I'll stick to using a DJGPP based cross compiler.  DJGPP seems to be
> much more reliable.
> 
> -- James
There is an EMX GCC for Linux that outputs DOS exes.

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