Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!stjhmc!jim.nutt From: jim.nutt@stjhmc.fidonet.org (jim nutt) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Zortech C++ / Windows 3 / DOS extender Message-ID: <24482.26C43F70@stjhmc.fidonet.org> Date: 10 Aug 90 10:37:00 GMT Organization: St. Joseph's Hospital/Medical Ctr, Phoenix, AZ Lines: 27 In a message of Peter Lim (1:114/15@fidonet.org) writes: PL> Walter Bright replied with a resounding YES ! I tried on my machine PL> with the "-br" switch (if I remember correctly) on a small c++ program PL> and it works. PL> But I didn't see any typical DOS/Extender sign on message being PL> displayed (which other DOS extender programs tend to display). Which PL> lead me to suspect did the DOS extender C++ compiler actually run ? PL> Anybody with a big C++ code to try out ? I mean, if it really works, PL> then does this means program developed using Rational System's DOS PL> extender is DPMI compatible ? yes to both questions. pleasantly enough (at least IMHO) ztc doesn't display the dos extender sign on every time it is run. the dos extender version is slightly (very slightly) slower than is the regular version but otherwise works just the same. jim nutt 'the computer handyman' -- Uucp: ...{gatech,ames,rutgers}!ncar!asuvax!stjhmc!jim.nutt Internet: jim.nutt@stjhmc.fidonet.org