Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/12/26/15:16:59
Greetings for the season to all,
Could anyone please tell me the reason's why ID, who earlier used
Watcom/DOS4GW for DOOM etc switched to DJGPP. I know that
DJGPP is better than Watcom but were there any other reason's
(like financial - no royalties etc, better DPMI support etc) for
making there choice. I ask this because there was an earlier thread
which said that nearptr was added at ID's request.
The reason I'm asking this question is that I first got to know about
DJGPP after playing Quake. I thought that the compiler used for
the game must be quite good for ID to make the switch and ditch
DOS4GW, had a peek at the EXE to find the compiler name and I
downloaded it, got rid of that monstrosity Borland 4.5 and I have
used DJGPP ever since.
Thanks in advance,
Kalum
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