Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 17:13:04 -0500
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
From: cburke AT mitre DOT org (Carl D. Burke)
Subject: Re: DJGPP or EMX?
Cc: emx-list AT eb DOT ele DOT tue DOT nl

>>>>>> "Piet" == Piet van Oostrum <piet AT cs DOT ruu DOT nl> writes:
[snip]
>    Piet> 4. RSXWDK can be used to develop MSWindows programs with
>    Piet> EMX. IS there a similar thing for DJGPP?
>Yes. RSXWDK2 allows one to use djgpp to create windows programs. I
>just used the test files, and they worked. (don't just get the binary,
>get the source also. you need both).
>
>    Piet> 6. Are some programs easier to port with one or the other?
>emx/rsx has signals, fork, pipe etc which are missing from the current
>DJGPP (but will be added in the next version). I think if you use
>djgpp with rsx you will get signals, fork.

I've heard of (and am using) djgpp, and I like it a lot.  I've never heard
of emx/rsx, though.  Where can I find it?  I'd really like to have both DOS
and native Windows capability in a 32-bit GNU suite!

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Carl Burke
cburke AT mitre DOT org