From: cgjks1 AT lut DOT ac DOT uk (James Soutter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: cross-compiling: FROM linux TO msdos
Date: 18 Nov 1996 20:32:04 GMT
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Orlando Andico (orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph) wrote:

: If what you want is a Linux-hosted GCC which outputs DOS binaries, then
: look no further than MOSS ("a soft blanket over the rocky slopes of DOS"). 
:
: [...]
:
: Honestly I haven't tried MOSS myself, as I work mostly in a UNIX
: environment and for my rare forays into DOS I use DJGPP because that's
: what I've always used.

I tried MOSS.  I wasn't impressed.  Under MOSS, my program ran for a
bit and then dumped core.  Before crashing, my program produced some
output that was messed up because '\n' wasn't mapped to '\n\r'
properly.

I'll stick to using a DJGPP based cross compiler.  DJGPP seems to be
much more reliable.


-- James