From: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: <Damian Y>  Re: It's back, but the ...
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:07:58 -0600
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Andrew Jones wrote:
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> So... what makes DJGPP great?  What I've heard so far is:  it's free, and Quake
> was written with it.  Does that define its greatness?

Great is a subjective word.  It could be defined by whatever the utterer
have in mind at the time.  For me, the fact that DJGPP brought so many
great programs into the DOS world defines it's greatness.  The fact that
it's free contributed to its success.

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Weiqi Gao
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