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From:	mwilliam AT cs DOT utk DOT edu (Myles Barrett Williams)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: IDE for DJGPP?
Date:	24 Sep 1995 14:59:12 -0400
Organization:	CS Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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>What's wrong with DOS port of Emacs?  It *is* compiled with DJGPP, is 
>under GNU GPL (i.e. free to use) and also exists under Unix/Linux, so you 
>can switch environments and remain sane.

It's not a question of what's wrong with Emacs, rather what is wrong with
DOS.  There is no multitasking, so Emacs is not as useful for development
as it is under Unix.

'sides, it's not helpful to advise someone to learn a new OS to remedy a
problem that's not OS specific.

Myles Williams			"When you see me again, it won't be me."

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