From:	gautam AT interlog DOT com (Gautam N. Lad)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: DJGPP+Allegro: Porting from DOS to Linux. Easy or Hard!?!
Date:	Tue, 07 Oct 97 23:06:09 GMT
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Hi,
   Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
>Gautam N. Lad writes:
>>If I make a program (rather big; it's a graphical 3D modeller) using 
>>DJGPP and Allegro, could I re-compile the program on Liunx, assuming I 
>>had a Linux port of DJGPP and Allegro 
>
>Absolutely. If you use only the standard ANSI C functions, or routines
>from a library which exists on both platforms, your program will port
>without any trouble.

>>(do those port exist?) 
>
>Here comes the stumbling block :-) The native linux compiler is gcc, so
>that is no problem, but there is no Linux version of Allegro. It is
>being worked on, but is many months (minimum) away from completion...

Well, that's no problem. Atleast I'm happy to hear that the port won't cause 
lotsa troubles.  As for the Linux port of Allegro, well I can wait.  I just started 
my modeller, and it'll be months before I release the DOS version (alpha, beta, or 
final thing).  My goal for releasing this modeller is January 1, 1998, but it may 
take longer.

BTW, All this DPMI stuff DJGPP is associated with won't cause problems 
like with memory and stuff, when doing a Linux port of my modeller right.  I'm 
not making any hardware calls ; just using C/C++ and Allegro's functions.

Well, thanks for the good news!
Bye!

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