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From: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 22:27:13 +0000
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Subject: Re: ClosedDOS???
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> BTW i always wonder *why* there is no GNU compiler for 16-bit DOS..

The problem is that most of GCC is based around assumptions of 32 or 
more bits being available to the code generator. It's possible to 
make it produce 16 bit code if you can be bothered to write an entire 
new machine description, I am told. Nobody has so far been bothered 
:-)

ABW
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