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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 22:24:58 +0100
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Giles Prescott wrote:

> From a newby to DJGPP
>
> 1.) From first running gcc on WinNT, it seems that it is a 16-bit app. Apart
> from other inconveniences, this makes long command lines difficult. Is there
> a 32-bit distribution of gcc.exe for Win32 ?
>

Why don't you try Cygwin? (today bought by Redhat, so it might later be called
'Redhat Cygwin')

Yes. Cygwin is a 32-bits compiler for Windows.

http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/

>
> 2.) How difficult is it to compile gcc to a 32-bit app and then compile
> 32-bit apps?
> Is it worth doing.
>
> Thanks in advance, with respect to all