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lynx-dev Re: What *is* DJGPP ...?
From: |
Kim DeVaughn |
Subject: |
lynx-dev Re: What *is* DJGPP ...? |
Date: |
Sun, 7 Feb 1999 09:48:46 -0800 |
On Sun, Feb 07, 1999, address@hidden (address@hidden) said:
|
| > I see alot of references to "DJGPP" in various messages, as well
| > in the code (a`la ifdef's), but I've no idea what it actually is,
| > nor what the acronym stands for (other that it is some kind of
| > DOS'ish thingy ... someone's compiler, or ???).
|
| It's a port of gcc (D.J. are the person's initials and GPP is a twist
| on gcc/g++).
Thanks, guys.
Before getting your message, Tom, I took a look at the url that Eric
mentioned.
FWIW, I came across the following tidbits:
Linkname: dj delorie
From URL: http://www.delorie.com/users/dj/
[...]
Please note that my legal first name really is "DJ". It is not correct
to insert a space between the D and the J, or to put periods after
them as if they were initials, or to make either of them lower case.
They are not initials, and I have no middle name. Honest.
Many computers will automatically replace DJ with something else,
thinking that the operator typed it in wrong. They should be
considered broken, and repaired. I usually encounter these in credit
card companies and utilities.
and
Linkname: The history of djgpp
From URL: http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/history.html
[...]
The name was changed from djgcc to djgpp when C++ was added. I forget
which release this was. Since C++ is integral to gcc, djgpp no longer
stands for "DJ's G++" but probably stands for something like "DJ's GNU
Programming Platform".
Yes, I am *always* bored on the Sunday after the Superbowl ... no
more football for ~6 months (sniff). Note that I do NOT consider
the ProBowl to be "football", in any *real* sense ... :-) ...!
/kim