Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/07/21/23:01:40
Hi,
Another thing... As DJGPP can compile itself (I presume) one could easily
create some fix-ups and load it as an ELF executable under another OS. Who
needs Win2k?
Later,
- Betelgeuse
"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in message
news:200007210653 DOT JAA08009 AT mailgw1 DOT netvision DOT net DOT il...
> > 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, and it uses services which
> are central to Windows itself. I find it hard to believe that MS
> could kill all those services just like that. They might prevent you
> from booting into plain DOS mode (although that, too, would not be
> easy, and I'm certain people who need that will find back doors
> quickly enough), but you don't need plain DOS mode to run DJGPP
> programs.
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