Via: uk.ac.aston; Thu, 21 Jan 1993 10:54:08 +0000
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
From: John Fletcher <ECM9093 AT pcmail DOT aston DOT ac DOT uk>
Date: 21 Jan 93 10:53:20 GMT
Subject: Re: gcc.2.3.3
Reply-To: J DOT P DOT Fletcher AT aston DOT ac DOT uk

I meant to send this to DJGPP!
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From:       Self <PCMAIL/ECM9093>
To:         alane AT wozzle DOT linet DOT org
Subject:    Re: gcc.2.3.3
Reply-to:   J DOT P DOT Fletcher AT aston DOT ac DOT uk
Date:       20 Jan 93 10:07:45

> To:         djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
> Subject:    Re: gcc.2.3.3
> From:       alane AT wozzle DOT linet DOT org (J. Alan Eldridge)
> Date:       Tue, 19 Jan 93 20:42:47 EST

> src4src!mcdhup!rutgers!stnfor.ae.ge.com!ae1181t (Osman F Buyukisik) writes:
>
> > Hi, there was some talk of porting the next version of gcc which
> > includes template support. Now gcc.2.3.3.tar.Z for the unix world is
> > at perp.ai.mnit.edu. I put it on my hp710 and it works. Maybe someone
> > will port it to djgpp? It would be nice to have the template support
> > on the pc's.
>
> Well, as DJ has noted, the problem is that the filenames no longer
> conform to DOS conventions (no doubt RMS' devious plot to squash DOS
> ports ... <g>). I can do an OS/2 compile, I believe, without much
> problem, but to get native DOS, now I have to hack the source code
> for include filenames, etc. And the odds of RMS accepting such hacks
> back in the name of supporting MS-DOG, as he calls it, are quite low.

Its all very well someone having negative feelings about DOS.  There
are a lot of us out here using DOS, becomeing aware of GNU etc and
migrating towards the Unix world without having to buy a new computer
and throw away all the software and experience we have built up.  I
would like to be able to use the Objective C runtime system which I
am told comes with GCC 2.3.x.  If there is some way of us sharing the
work to get GCC 2.3.3 working under DJGPP, then I am interested in
doing some of it.  Design decisions to make life unhelpful for DOS
users seems not to be encouraging that our journey is worthwhile.
Its the old story "If I were you I wouldn't start from here."

>
> Haven't heard how he feels about OS/2, but I'm not holding my breath.
>
> I'm not sure where to go from here .... any ideas, people?
>
See above

John

>
>
> alane AT wozzle DOT linet DOT org (J. Alan Eldridge)
> Fido: The University of Walamaloo 1:272/38.473
>
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