From: Bob AT ge DOT chem DOT binghamton DOT edu (Bob Kematick)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: How free is DJGPP?
Date: 28 Apr 1997 17:49:47 GMT
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John M. Aldrich (fighteerNO AT SPAMcs DOT com) wrote:
: Gunnar Beushausen wrote:
: > 
: > I would like to know if DJGPP itself can be distributed for free either
: > along with free software or commercial software.

[refer to faq snipped] 

: > One is my free BASIC interpreter GBasic. I think of so many things that
: > could be implemented into it, that the executable would get much too big
: > for an interpreter. Also not everybody would use all this stuff, so i want
: > to create plugins for that interpreter in form of object files. So i would
: > just distribute my *.o files and the user could link all the stuff he needs
: > into the exe file.

: I may be misunderstanding what you're saying here, but are you trying to
: mix DJGPP .o files with compiled BASIC programs?  If so, you're in for a
: pretty hefty undertaking:  the formats are totally incompatible.  OTOH,
: your idea of a BASIC to C converter is interesting, albeit difficult. 


Yes , you are misunderstanding. Gunnar has written his own Basic interpreter,
and compiled it with DJGPP.