Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 14:59:45 +0200
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Message-Id: <199908231259.OAA27628@acp3bf.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: RSXNTDJ-acronym?
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Organization: RWTH Aachen, III. physikalisches Institut B
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In article <37C18104 DOT 10B8 AT TU-Berlin DOT DE> you wrote:
> ----------------- mailto:K DOT Rdt AT TU-Berlin DOT DE start -------------------
> Hello!

> I know from the faq it's a compiler for win*, I know from the list
> it has problems, but whats the acronym RSXNTDJ for?

RS is 'Rainer Schnittker' 
X is  'eXtender'
NT is Windows NT
DJ is DJGPP.

Altogether it's something along the lines of Rainer Schnittker's eXtender
for NT programs to be compiled with DJGPP.

There is a whole collection of related packages (I probably forgot
some...):

RSX:    a DPMI-capable replacement of the EMX DOS extender, as used by the
        OS/2 port of gcc. This makes emx gcc-compiled programs run in 
	DPMI-extended DOS.
RSXWIN: Similar, but provides it's own simulated DOS box to run such programs
        as text mode applications, but in their own window.
        (Similar in effect to the 'EasyWin' system coming with BC++)

RSXNT:  For writing 32bit Windows apps using the emx gcc port.
RSXNTDJ:Like RSXNT, but for DJGPP as the compiler. 

I always suspected part of the problems with RSXNTDJ to be rooting
from this hierarchy of different packages. RSXNTDJ is at the far end
of the field, from Rainer's point of view. It's a bit of an
afterthought, not an integral part of the series.

--
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.