Date: 5 Feb 92 17:18:00 EST
From: "MAPLE::SORROW" <SORROW%MAPLE DOT decnet AT pine DOT circa DOT ufl DOT edu>
Subject: Reasons not to use DJGPP :-)
To: "djgpp" <djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu>
Status: O


<kuku AT acds DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> writes:
"I'd be curious to know why you decided to not use djgpp...."

Well, I'm not unsubscribing from this list, but then again I'm not developing
any apps with DJGPP right now.  However, from messing with DJGPP somewhat
I can tell you here are some of the pros and cons of DJGPP:

Cons:

1.  Uses G++, and thus is does not support cfront or ANSI C++.  It's pretty
    close but there are noticeable differences.
2.  Requires a 386 ( could be considered pro also :-)
3.  Does not support DPMI 1.0 ( does it now? )
4.  No IDE ( for those of us who are used to "cc" then this isn't a problem )
5.  No Turbo Debugger support. :-)
6.  More than a couple of bugs.

Pros:

1.  Uses G++, thus support on UNIX systems.
2.  Requires a 386 ( flat memory addressing, protected mode, etc. )
3.  Supports VCPI, XMS, int15h, and DPMI 0.9.
4.  IT'S FREE!
5.  Includes a whole bunch of nifty utilities from FSF.
6.  dj AT ctron DOT com is a pretty cool dude about support, bug fixes, etc.
7.  Did I mention that it's free?

Some other problems may be that it is not MSC source compatible, etc.  I
guess it depends on whether you are looking to port from UNIX to 386 or
from DOS to 386.  It would probably be easier to port from UNIX, since
DOS has too many picky little things about it to port to G++ effectively.

I was wondering...is DJGPP going to support G++2.0 soon?  Also, is DJGPP
going to be releasing a new version of DJGPP soon?

Thanks,

Brian