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Eric Postpischil (edp@math.zk3.dec.com) wrote:
*chop*

: I would like a compiler that presents me with a flat address space,
: including a nice big stack if I want it. If it has to run with some sort
: of shell under DOS, so be it. I'm even willing to install Linux if
: necessary.

: All I want is ANSI C; I don't need extensions or hooks into the
: operating system or Windows capability. This is largely to write
: programs that do various computations, often mathematical, sometimes
: mostly integer operations and sometimes mostly floating point. Some
: extras like a debugger and/or the capability to compile with array
: bounds checking would be nice but are not necessary.

: What's available? Does such a compiler come with Linux? Does GNU have a
: 32-bit compiler that runs under DOS? Is there a good shareware compiler
: or an inexpensive commercial compiler?
     GCC comes with any Linux distribution.. gcc-2.7.0 is the most recent
version that's stable.  (2.7.2 is most recent but the info file says it has
bugs on x86 compiling.)  2.6.x and 2.5.8 is also fine.  It is of course
32-bit, and is free 8-).  ANSI C, reasonably close to the recent drafts of
ANSI C++ (and objective-C ability is there too), and with Linux's include
files, almost all BSD stuff will compile, POSIX compliant, a few other
things compatible 8-).
     DJGPP is a compiler that along with some runtime 32-bit DOS extender
provides flat memory for DOS.. I don't know where to get it from though. 
There should be a pointer at ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu.
:                                 -- edp (Eric Postpischil)
:                                 "Always mount a scratch monkey."
:                                 edp@edp.org


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