🚀 go-pugleaf

By the way, one gem from the GNU world slipped by me for several months,
so I thought I should at least make it a little more visible.

Several months ago I saw a note that GNU C had been ported to MS-DOS.
Bleh, I said, who had the stomache to teach GNU C about segments and
all that noise?  I let it slide.

Turns out that the package--known as djgpp--is actually the full 32-bit
GNU C compiler, with a run-time system which switches your i386 or i486
into 32-bit mode to run your code.  When you make DOS calls, it switches
back.  So I can write in C and assembly using full 32-bit, and mostly
ignore the braindamage of DOS.  It even does VM, swapping to a DOS file.

Of course, it can't give you windows, or multi-tasking, or all the speed
of a native 32-bit OS.  But I still run into a LOT of PC's, and this
package really opens up the possible things I can get done on it!

				Just an appreciative user...
				Andy Valencia
				vandys@sequent.com