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From: "Mark Habersack" <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 10:24:22 +0100
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Once upon a time (on 18 Apr 97 at 15:44) Pierre Phaneuf said:

> On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Mark Habersack wrote:
> 
> > Won't happen IMHO. That would require too much work and practically
> > implementing a new compiler from scratch. DJGPP has been created on 32-bit
> > and even 64-bit machines and not on 16-bit oldies. Don't forget that the
> > main source is for Unix, DJGPP is "just" a port - DJ doesn't write it from
> > scratch. You cannot expect GCC guys to work on a product they are not
> > going to use.
> 
> Ok, so this is out of question... Now, what 16-bit free C compiler is good
> enough? And preferably compatible enough with GCC to share
> #DEFINE/#IFDEF-laden sources?
Did anyone check the Linux16 project? The BCC compiler there is supposed to 
work also on DOS. And there's that Micro-C shipped with FreeDOS - it's quite 
limited tho.
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