Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/04/01/06:58:34
Paul Schmidt wrote:
> What exactly is "DJGPP"?
> Is it a port of gcc nicknamed DJGPP, or is there more to it?
From the FAQ (which can be obtained from SimTel.Net and its mirrors,
for instance ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2):
2. What is DJGPP?
*****************
**Q*: What is DJGPP?*
*A* : DJGPP is a port of GNU C/C++ compiler and development tools to
32-bit,
protected-mode environment on Intel 32-bit CPUs running MS-DOS and
compatible
operating systems, by DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> and friends.
Starting from
v2.0, DJGPP programs do not need a separate extender program, only a
DPMI
server to run; DJGPP includes a free 32-bit DPMI server which allows
for a
32-bit, 4 GByte flat address space and up to 256 MBytes of virtual
memory, a
compiler which produces 32-bit protected-mode code, and a suite of GNU
development tools ported to MS-DOS. These provide for a development
environment which specifically favors porting Unix programs, but is
also
suitable for writing new code (for example, the DOS version of the
well-known
game `Quake' by id Software was compiled with DJGPP). With a few
exceptions
(notably, some of the C++ class libraries), DJGPP is *free* which makes
it
deal for developing free and commercial software alike.
DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> is the developer and principal maintainer
of
DJGPP, but anyone is welcome and encouraged to contribute.
Hope that helps,
Chris
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