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From: palowoda@fiver.UUCP (Bob Palowoda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Use UNIX for MSDOS development?
Message-ID: <173@fiver.UUCP>
Date: 2 Sep 89 01:54:47 GMT
References: <21714@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Fiver Communications  Fremont, Ca
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From article <21714@cup.portal.com>, by cliffhanger@cup.portal.com (Cliff C Heyer):
> Wondered if it's advisable to develop
> MS DOS applications (in C) using UNIX
> rather than MSDOS.(assuming 386, 6+MB, etc)
> It seems multitasking, etc., would be of
> help to increase productivity...
> 
> any comments greatly appreciated!

   I use a 386 UNIX with Simul-Task and Turbo-C 2.0. What I found out
is I can compile a UNIX and a DOS program from the same source 
simultanous. From the same souce file. Of coarse the the proper ifdefs.
The only thing you would have to watch out for is someone working on
the same source file while running dos.
  Another thing that could be helpfull is running several Turbo-C's 
each working on different modules of a program. You can use the 
unix source control system to manage the release. Save's file space
I guess. Your right you need around 6meg+. I'm running 6.8 meg and 
haven't had any problems at all. Even with two people logged into 
the bbs and me running a couple TC compiles it continues to run
smoothly.

---Bob

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