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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 11:38:48 -0500
To: zixyer AT shell DOT highpowered DOT net (Tim Dean)
From: Peter Palotas <blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se>
Subject: Re: What does DJGPP stand for?
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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>As far as what DJGPP stands for I don't know exactly (that's what I get for
>not reading all the docs), but my best guess would be DJ is for DJ Delorie,
>G stands for GCC or GNU, and PP might be ++ as in C++ or something. :P
>
>Anyway, there aren't any freely available compilers for DOS and Windows
>programs, so you'll just have to pick up an old copy of Visual C++ or
>something (you could probably find 1.0 for about $30. :P)

There aren't any free compilers for DOS, huh?  Hrm... Excuse me, but what
do you call DJGPP?


-- Peter Palotas alias Blizzar -- blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se --

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