Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 11:28:12 +0800 (GMT)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To: Khayu Nyein Aye <khayu AT inch DOT com>
cc: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Question: RHIDE - CTRL+F9?
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On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Khayu Nyein Aye wrote:

> Nate Eldredge wrote:
> > 
> > You wrote:
> > >I used to learn C++ and Pascal using Borland IDEs in college a while
> > >ago. And I remeber being able to code something and just pressing
> > >Ctrl+F9 to run it, without the need to create .exe and the like.
> > 
> > That's called "compile to memory". The compiler writes the code into memory,
> > without creating an executable.
> > 
> > >Now I have downloaded
> > >everything, they seem to be set up correctly. And just compiled HELLO.C,
> > >had to compile and create an .exe file to test it. An 83kb file came out
> > >of it.
> > Sigh. No, DJGPP does not compile to memory. You have to make an EXE to be
> > able to run your program. And yes, the EXE's are large.
> > If you absolutely must have your EXE be smaller, look at section 8.15 of the
> > FAQ. My favorite is DJP.
> > 
> > You can cheat and sort of get a "compile to memory" by having your EXE be
> > created on a ramdrive.
> One question: what is a ramdrive?
> 
> Thanks for your tips! I am interested in your cheat, but what is a
> ramdrive exactly? If it's easy to set up, then I'm definitely up for it.
> But if it involves too much, then probably not.
> 
> THanks again.
> 
> Khayu.
> P.S. Is DJ thinking about putting this "compile to memory" feature into
> future versions???
> 

AFAIK compile to memory only worked with Turbo Pascal. Even with Turbo C
1.0 there wasn't any compile to memory.

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