From: "Stefan Viljoen" <rylan AT intekom DOT com>
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Subject: Re: some questions! (inline, egcs, and others!)
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 16:03:55 +0300
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----- Original Message -----
From: <zidharta AT geocities DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 3:37 AM
Subject: Re: some questions! (inline, egcs, and others!)


> hi .. Im new and shocked ... :O)

Why?

> gcc isnot written by DJ??
> so what is DJGPP actually?

As I understand it, DJGPP is merely a port by DJ Delorie of the GNU
programming tools from Unix to protected mode DOS.

> is "gas" asm language is the builtin AT&T asm that used by DJGPP ?

That's right - "gas" means "GNU assembler" - it is the assembler that DJGPP
uses to actually build the executable code that then gets linked by the
linker.


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