Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/02/04/18:55:46
>The sources aren't organized that way. Generally, the DJGPP sources
>aren't made to be easily understandable by a newbie, as you seem to be
>one. You'll first have to become more fluent in *using* the whole
>thing before you can expect to understand its inner workings.
Sorry if I sounded like a newbie, but my question was misunderstood by some of you. I was
looking for a FAQ for the sources of djgpp - which apparently doesn't exist. What made me
think there is one, were the two files: faq210b.zip and faq210s.zip. I thought b means
binary and s means source, and the titles of the different sections those file are in also
helped me to err. Is faq210s.zip merely the source of the FAQ itself?
I am well familiar with assembler and c, and want to know more about the inner processes
of the compiler, libraries and linker. BUT, and here comes my question again: I can't find
my hands and legs in the sources, for I lack the understanding of the main structure of
it. Let's say I want to follow one topic, for example: dynamic allocations. Under what
directories and in what files (of assembler? of c?) would I find the implementation of
malloc, free, and other functions (including, of course, all the functions involved behind
the curtains)? Is there a tokenizer here? Is there a parser? Can I follow BNF somewhere?
If I'm still asking a newbie's question - sorry for that. You may give newbie answers.
Thanks in advance.
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Noam Rotem
John Bryce Training Centre
Tel Aviv, Israel.
03-7535803
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1. Take upon yourself an impossible mission.
2. Accomplish the mission.
3. Go back to step 1.
It's the only sane answer to modern life.
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