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From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
Subject: Re: To DJGPP programmers.......?
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 16:57:55 -0700
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At 09:48  6/3/1998 +0900, ż®¿µ wrote:
>
> I like programming very much. And I have used some compilers.
> ( Borland C&C++, Asembler, Pascal,Visual C, DJGPP and etc..).
> I've found purposes or advantages of those compilers.
>
>         Then, I have a question to you :
> "Why do you select the DJGPP in many compilers?"
>
> Of course,I have a answer of that question too.
> I think that powerful 386 protected-mode compiler.
> But I don't know about DJGPP's deep inside well except that.

* DJGPP gives you 32-bit protected-mode code, which lets you ignore the
extremely irritating near/far issue and the 640K crunch.
* GCC has, IMHO, quite a good optimizer.
* Porting Unix programs is much easier, due to *many* compatibility features.
* A good software base, with all sorts of libraries available. Allegro is
the best-known example.
* Sources to everything is available, making it much easier to track down
and fix bugs.
* The maintainers are available. Report a bug to Microsoft and they will
tell you to wait for (and buy!) the next version, and even then it might not
be fixed. Report a bug to a DJGPP maintainer, and you will often get a patch
within days.
* It's all FREE!

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com