Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 09:17:58 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: a920101 AT zipi DOT fi DOT upm DOT es
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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On 23 Feb 1996 a920101 AT zipi DOT fi DOT upm DOT es wrote:

> I've been out of this group for a month (those exams!) and have some
> questions. Perhaps they've been answered thousands of times. Sorry then!

If you get the v2.0 FAQ list (faq200b.zip from any DJGPP distribution 
site), you will have all these answers at your fingertips.

> - I heard people complaining about DJGPP 2.0 being *much* slower than
>   1.112 (I mean the generated code, not the compile time).
>   Is it true? Why? Can it be avoided?

Not true.  Most of these complaints were caused by incorrect setup or 
mixing old (beta) versions of parts of DJGPP.

> - I heard too that large compiles of C++ sources bomb DJGPP 2.0, this due
>   to a bug in CWSDPMI (I think...)
>   True? How Large?

There is a simple solution to this, spelled out in the FAQ list.

> - This is a stupid question: How can I get a random int in DJGPP?
>   Something like Random(int max_value)?

Use rand().