From: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: RSXNTDJ-acronym?
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:08:24 -0500
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Klaus Reinhardt wrote:
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> 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 the initial of the author.
RSX is a DOS extender (at least originally) that is somehow better than
EMX (which is another DOS extender written by EM, and went the OS/2
direction).
RSXNT is RSX adapted for NT.
RSXNTDJ is RSXNT adapted for DJGPP.

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