Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/06/09/09:30:23
Very interesting question. So why would I want to use ECGS and not
GCC, or vice versa? Is one or the other more compliant with the ANSI
C++ standard by any chance?
On Wed, 09 Jun 1999 00:38:29 -0500, Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com> so
kindly spent valuable time writing:
>Steve Ball wrote:
>>
>> Can someone explain to me in simple terms what the difference between these
>> three compilers are? DJGPP is based on GCC isn't it? And ECGS too?
>
>There are only two compilers: GCC and EGCS. DJGPP provides the stuff
>that make GCC and EGCS possible in DOS.
>
>> Was the migration of GCC to DOS (producing DJGPP) a one-time thing or can I
>> upgrade the GCC component of DJGPP to take advantage of the latest GCC
>> features?
>
>Whoever does the porting has to do a lot of work. But that has already
>been done. You can just download the gcc 2.8.x binaries replace the gcc
>2.7.x stuff with the 2.8.x stuff.
>
>> Also, are ECGS and DJGPP "competing" DOS UNIX-style compilers? Does ECGS
>> have a RHIDE equivalent?
>
>No. You can download the egcs 2.90.x binaries and drop it in to DJGPP.
>Again the hard work has already been done for you.
>
>> Rather a few questions, I know, but I'd be keen to hear an explanation!
>
>When I said download binaries, I mean the binaries distributed in the
>DJGPP archive. If you go out to the Cygwin site and download their
>egcs, that's not going to work in DOS.
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Stuart Hall
Connecticut, USA
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