Intel 386 C

[Nico de Vries]

In <1234 at ocsmd.com> glenn at zeus.ocs.com (Glenn Ford) writes:


>Has anyone used INTEL386 C?  It is supposed to make 386 executables
>that don't need a DOS extender!  It apparently wraps its own
>DOS extender into the executable!  Sounds too good to be true?!
>Let me know of any evaluations people have if they have tried
>doing this..thanks..
>
>glenn
>glenn at zeus.ocs.com
What is so special about that? Even the public domain GNU C++ compiler
for 386 processors has this feature. I personally would advice you
to use Watcon C 8.0 and a PharLap DOS extender supporting virtual
memory. This combination is VCPI compliant (which INTEL-C isn't)
which allows it to run under DesqView and the upcomming DescView/X
MS-DOS X-Windows environment.
I have to admit that INTEL supports DPMI (from Windwoes 3.0) but
I suppose you want to use a 386 compiler for the speed and than
seems Windows not to be the best solution.

Nico de Vries