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- From: awd@atl.scscom.com (Al Degenaar)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: GCC/GPP in c.b.os2 this week.
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.141050.137@atl.scscom.com>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 14:10:50 GMT
- References: <5VqZPB6w164w@dvss.UUCP> <1992Aug24.203048.13319@unlv.edu>
- Organization: SCS/Compute, Inc.
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- In <1992Aug24.203048.13319@unlv.edu> slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos) writes:
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- >In article <5VqZPB6w164w@dvss.UUCP> dvss!jtroy@udel.edu (Jay Troy) writes:
- >>
- >>
- >>Why waste bandwidth with the new posting of GCC/G++ for OS/2 when the
- >>EMX version is already working just fine and WITH GDB SUPPORT??!!?!?!
-
- >Native GCC is a different program with a different purpose than EMX. I
- >prefer the native version of GCC. I am not proting any UNIX programs,
- >and the native version is smaller and doesn't require a DLL.
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- Also, the native gcc creates NATIVE obj files, EMX does not. This means
- that you can use the native linker & library utilities. I know I can
- live without a DLL, even though it is a nice feature. I wish that EMX would
- give you the choice of using a DLL or linking a library.
-
- >I think we can live with two versions just fine. Should DJ abandon
- >DJGPP just because EMX also supports DOS :-)
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- >--
- >Steve Lumos - slumos@cs.unlv.edu
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- Al
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