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- Date: Monday, 25 January 1993 22:38:19 EST
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- From: "Tim Triemstra" <empath@ais.org>
- Organization: Empath Software
- References: <1993Jan25.222125.25160@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- Subject: Re: 32 bit compilers and environments
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.os.msdos.programmer
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- In <1993Jan25.222125.25160@news.acns.nwu.edu>, phantom@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (James Choi) wrote:
- >1. What is the best 32 bit fortran compiler?
- >2. What is the best 32 bit c compiler?
- >3. Can windows multi-task 32 bit codes? (no graphics)
- >4. Can desq view multi-task 32 bit codes?
- >5. Can os2 multi-task 32 bit codes? (stupid question, but just to make
- > sure)
-
- Question 5 is definitely not stupid, as it is very conditional. Alot of
- DOS extenders (which are basically needed for 32bit compiled C programs)
- don't work correctly under an OS/2 DOS window. I have gone through a few
- versions of the FlashTek DOS Extender (x32vm) for use with Zortech or
- Watcom. The recent releases seem to work about right. They had some
- problems with the associated mouse code to their graphics libraries but
- everything looks ok now.
-
- There are of course many different ways you can get into 32bit modes that
- WON'T work under OS/2. I believe one is true protected mode, and I'm pretty
- sure (more sure than I am about the protected mode) that the virtual 8086
- modes WON'T work under OS/2 as that is the mode that it is already using.
-
- Worth looking into though.
-
- Tim.
-
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