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Contributors
The following is a list of people who have contributed in some way to the development of JLib, either by sending
code, allowing others to use it, or posting bug reports, fixes or suggested fixes. Note that I won't put peoples
email addresses in here, to protect their privacy. If you are featured and want your address put in then write and tell
me.
Also a big thank you to those who took time out to report bugs and make suggestions. You know who you are!
Thanks are also due to the many people who contribute to the development and distribution of free software of
such high quality as Linux and djgpp.
Thanks to you all.
Information
djgpp
djgpp is a port of the GNU C compiler (GCC) for MS-DOS based machines. The GNU C compiler is free and
comes with various utilities for developing C and C++ programs. There is a version of GNU C for almost every
machine on the planet, making it THE choice for writing portable programs. djgpp is ANSI compliant and provides
a 32 bit flat memory model for programs. This means we don't have to fluff around with "far" pointers and all that,
and we get access to heaps of memory (If you'll pardon the pun). In short, its very useful and is ideal for writing
games (as they are such resource hungry applications). Proof of this comes from ID software, who are using djgpp
to write "Quake"-their successor to "DOOM".
You can get more djgpp related information from:
The standard complaint about GCC seems to be that it has fairly long compilation times. However, the finished
executable always seems to run impressively quickly (and that's the part we both care about, isn't it?).
Linux
Linux is an operating system. I tried, and failed, to come up with an expression of how cool Linux is. I have now
included the Linux info sheet in the library distribution as the file linux.txt. It does a far better job of explaining
the great features of linux than I can.
The Future
Future developments planned for JLib:
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