Date: Thu, 14 Jul 94 08:55:43 EDT
From: jcrigler AT iplmaster DOT orl DOT mmc DOT com (Jim Crigler)
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: (fwd) Re: SIOD 3.0 for MS-DOS offer
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From: jcrigler AT theopolis DOT orl DOT mmc DOT com (Jim Crigler)
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Subject: Re: SIOD 3.0 for MS-DOS offer
Date: 14 Jul 1994 12:54:30 GMT
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George J. Carrette (gjc AT mitech DOT com wrote):

: There does seem to be demand for SIOD on good old vanilla MS-DOS, so
: here is my offer:

: - You choose the C compiler you want me to use, and buy a copy of it
:   from your local store and mail it to me.

Why should I buy one from a store? djgpp (gnu c/c++/obj-c and even Ada)
for DOS exists and it's free.  And SIOD compiles on it with no hassles.
Caveats:  MS-Windows only in a DOS box, 386SX and up only.

: - You tell me what memory models you want things optimized for.

djgpp uses a flat 32-bit memory model, and uses up to 128M of real
memory + 128M of disk swap space.  Coprocessor if you have one,
emulation if you don't.

: - I port the latest SIOD, add compile time switches for the
:   optimizations and memory models you want.

You get the full complement of gcc switches

: - provide you with source and binaries on floppies.

: - Then make the new source and the binaries available on the net,
:   including the usual ms-dos binary archives and perhaps compuserve.

When you're stuck with DOS, this seems to be the only thing going.

: I never bothered doing this before because the WINDOWS NT port was
: already done with SIOD 3.0 and WIN32 exists for MS-WINDOWS on INTEL,
: and I remember that a previous SIOD compiled and ran quite easily for
: me a few years back using the microsoft C for MS-DOS.  And Chicago is
: around the corner which will change everything.

Yeah.  If Windows makes a 486 run like a 286, Chicago will make a
Pentium run like a 286.

Jim
jcrigler AT orl DOT mmc DOT com