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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 97 21:26:01 MDT
Message-Id: <9709120326.AA18173@rgfn.epcc.Edu>
From: bd733 AT rgfn DOT epcc DOT Edu (Jason M. Daniels)
To: ark AT mos DOT ru
Subject: Re: ClosedDOS???
Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Reply-To: bd733 AT rgfn DOT epcc DOT Edu


>     Some think, this because no one (!), capable to port gcc, interestin=
>g
>by this. :(

gcc assumes, to the core of its being, a 32-bit architechture. To get gcc 
to output 16-bit code would not be a 'port,' it would be a complete 
rewrite. You might as well start from scratch. There -are-, btw, a few 
good freeware 16-bit compilers availible.


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