Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:58:54 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: ANNOUCE: thinlib directmedia library for djgpp 0.1.0
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On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, CBFalconer wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, CBFalconer wrote:
> > 
> > > The command processor is 4dos BTW.
> > 
> > Not a good idea at all, IMHO.
> 
> Now why should you say that?  Are you recommending COMMAND.COM?  I
> use many 4dos facilities that are not in bash (or are different),
> and the world is not limited to DJGPP.

I meant that it's not a good idea to use 4dos as the shell inside a 
Makefile.  The incompatibilities are subtle but significant, and can 
easily break a Makefile.

I have no problems with 4dos as an interactive shell.