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On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 7:51 PM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

>
> > The one very good reason is to do DJGPP development for DOS embedded
> > systems on a more convenient system than the embedded system itself.
>
> Cross-compilers are the appropriate solution to that.  You can build
> djgpp programs under native Linux, for example.
>

I also do a lot of debugging in the DOS-like environment - WinXP at the
moment. One example is network programming using a packet driver. It works
nicely in a DOS-box under WinXP using a virtual packet driver. There is no
way that you can do the same using a Windows or Linux cross compiling only
solution.

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<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 7:51 PM, DJ Delorie <spa=
n dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dj AT delorie DOT com">dj AT delorie DOT com</a>&gt;<=
/span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1p=
x solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class=3D"Ih2E3d"><br>
&gt; The one very good reason is to do DJGPP development for DOS embedded<b=
r>
&gt; systems on a more convenient system than the embedded system itself.<b=
r>
<br>
</div>Cross-compilers are the appropriate solution to that. &nbsp;You can b=
uild<br>
djgpp programs under native Linux, for example.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>I also do a lot of debugging in the DOS-like environm=
ent - WinXP at the moment. One example is network programming using a packe=
t driver. It works nicely in a DOS-box under WinXP using a virtual packet d=
river. There is no way that you can do the same using a Windows or Linux cr=
oss compiling only solution.<br>
<br></div></div>

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