Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/07/21/22:46:40.1
Sad, but true...
But I can imagine it wouldn't be long before some one would write an
NT-style service that provided better DPMI support for DJGPP programs. A
simple win-32 program can be fashioned that would skip the stub and relocate
everything that needs relocation.
Anyway, when all else fails, you can always run DJGPP through bochs... :>
Later,
- Betelgeuse
"Damian Yerrick" <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p> wrote in
message news:dssgnss2r2gtedp0nd8b9pch36dq1lh26g AT 4ax DOT com...
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:53:28 +0200, "Eli Zaretskii"
> <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
>
> >> From: "Stefan Viljoen" <rylan AT intekom DOT co DOT za>
> >> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> >> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:40:11 +0200
> >>
> >> what do you guys see as the future for DJGPP? I am trying to branch
into
> >> Linux coding as it seems the guys with the shovels are on the way for
DOS?
> >
> >DOS has been buried many times, by many ``knowledgeable'' people,
> >since about 12 years ago. It is still alive. You can draw your own
> >conclusions from this.
> >
> >DJGPP supports all current MS platforms
>
> ...that Microsoft is committed to making compliant with standards for
> DOS programs. WinDPMI has always leaked selectors, and WinDPMI 2000
> has bugs that prevent Make.exe from working properly at all. This is
> only the beginning.
>
> Search the DJGPP mail archives for threads about "Is DOS dead?" and
> "has officially killed DOS" or something like that.
>
> Anyway, though MS-DOS may die, DOS will survive:
> http://www.drdos.org/
> http://www.freedos.org/
>
> --
> Damian Yerrick
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