From: lonniem AT cs DOT utexas DOT edu (Lonnie McCullough)
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Subject: Re: How fast is DJGPP?
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 23:37:47 GMT
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>I forgot to mention that, when I talk about the speed of DJGPP I am
>refering to the speed of the exe's it produces.  I'm not to worried
>about compilation speed, cause my progs are usually pretty small.  I
>have another question though:  What are the advantages (if any) of
>protected mode code?  Also, would DJGPP be more suitable for game
>programming than TC++ 3.0?  Again, thanks in advance:-)
>
>Jordan Ellis  <cellis AT voyageur DOT ca>
Uhh....Well DJGPP is fast.  Just as fast as Watcom, faster even (or so
people claim, I've heard the opposite too so go with what makes you
feel good).  The benefits of protected mode are multitudinous.  The
first benefit is no more 640k/64k hassles and no kludges like EMS/XMS
to deal with either.  Just access any area of memory (as long as you
do it right) in your machine.  It's great, it's fast and it's better
for games than real mode.  It just so happens that DJGPP is free and
compares very well with other protected mode compilers.  Don't even
think about writing a game with TC++ 3.0.  I know that Wolfenstein was
programmed with BC++ (along time ago) but I think you should aim
higher in your search for a good compiler.  HTH


Lonnie McCullough
lonniem AT cs DOT utexas DOT edu