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Digital Mars (running under DOS?) (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 13.08.2007, 13:46

> > There aren't as many that support the 16-bit target (decently, anyways).
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> Are eight not enough?

Micro C and Small C are VERY limited in some ways but still could be useful. Desmet C and Dev86 are a little better, at least, but still somewhat quirky. Even Pacific C has its problems. Turbo C and OpenWatcom seem to be the best.

Anyways, not that I need/use it, but TC++, OpenWatcom, and Digital Mars are the only ones with C++ support (and don't forget D).

EDIT: Actually, I once read Mr. Bright say that DMC was the only one with 16-bit DOS exception handling for C++.

(BTW, OpenWatcom's C++ support is self-admittedly less robust than GCC/G++.)

So, if I was going to test various compiles of LPAQ1 to see which was faster, I'd only have three (free) native DOS options. (And, I think I did briefly test an OpenWatcom build, but DJGPP was vaguely faster ... but could be due to choice of extender, and I didn't test on real DOS, only XP).

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Complete thread:

• Digital Mars (running under DOS?) - Rugxulo, 09.08.2007, 05:31 (Announce)
  • Digital Mars (running under DOS?) - rr, 09.08.2007, 10:21
    • Digital Mars (running under DOS?) - Rugxulo, 09.08.2007, 23:50
      • Digital Mars (running under DOS?) - rr, 10.08.2007, 09:29
        • Digital Mars (running under DOS?) - Rugxulo, 11.08.2007, 23:31
          • Digital Mars (running under DOS?) - rr, 12.08.2007, 19:39
            • Digital Mars (running under DOS?) - Rugxulo, 13.08.2007, 13:46