From:	Robert Vasquez <digital DOT fx AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Commercial Games
Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 1997 21:59:49 -0400
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> Quake was first developed on NeXT UNIX machines using GNU C.  It would
> have required some nasty code changes to change it to another
> compiler, such as Watcom.  Anyway, they were probably sick of having
> to pay Watcom for something they could get free thru DJGPP.

Well, if you figure they had already owned the compiler, and used to 
make Doom, there'd be NO price to pay for using it instead of djgpp.

-- 
               Rob Vasquez
               Digital Fx '97
               
   email:   digital DOT fx AT worldnet DOT att DOT net

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