From: "Damian Yerrick" <NOSP AT Musenet@pineight.8m.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
References: <383C2C21 DOT 4586642A AT ssl DOT umd DOT edu>
Subject: Re: Running Borland compiler from GNU Make
Lines: 17
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600
Message-ID: <zCX_3.1234$lT.10609@dfiatx1-snr1.gtei.net>
X-Trace: /w3Za/7k00qx2kYnWxRGm48p1ABqiNKNwXi3pbxK9I9PU5fIJndDsluT2dIv/D8QRFNYBlBRGW/I!sBj7y0PvR4WGKSbh6Ewfiy2d/LGtH18ydAwUE2uUcJ7ZQquXs2ERNE3Yr6b7NOcN/PzC
X-Complaints-To: abuse AT gte DOT net
X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers
X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly
NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 20:10:07 GMT
Distribution: world
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 20:10:07 GMT
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

"Stephen Roderick" <stephen_roderick AT ssl DOT umd DOT edu> wrote in message
news:383C2C21 DOT 4586642A AT ssl DOT umd DOT edu...
> Using gnu make to run bcc.exe (Borland's 16-bit compiler) under
> DOS (Winddoze 95 DOS) provides a nice descriptive error of
>
> "Loader error (0025): cannot initialize"
>8
> And before you ask, yes I'd love to use GCC but that just isn't an
> acceptable option here. Sigh ...

Why not?
Gas syntax giving you trouble? Get NASM.
Executables too big? UPX will fix that.
Need compatibility with old non-open-source libraries? Is that it?