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From: pasanen@fuug.fi (Harri Pasanen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Zortech C++ / Windows 3 / DOS extender
Message-ID: <PASANEN.90Aug10133125@fuug.fi>
Date: 10 Aug 90 11:31:25 GMT
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In-Reply-To: pnl@hpfinote.HP.COM's message of 9 Aug 90 20:31:03 GMT

In article <18950005@hpfinote.HP.COM> pnl@hpfinote.HP.COM (Peter Lim) writes:

   Hi,

   Some time ago, someone asked a question about whether Zortech C++ 2.1
   will run in the DOS extender mode under Windows 3.0 386 Enhanced mode.
   (was it in comp.lang.c++ or comp.windows.ms ?)

   Walter Bright replied with a resounding YES ! I tried on my machine
   with the "-br" switch (if I remember correctly) on a small c++ program
   and it works.

   But I didn't see any typical DOS/Extender sign on message being
   displayed (which other DOS extender programs tend to display). Which
   lead me to suspect did the DOS extender C++ compiler actually run ?

   Anybody with a big C++ code to try out ? I mean, if it really works,
   then does this means program developed using Rational System's DOS
   extender is DPMI compatible ?

Yes, it does run.  I use it all the time on files I previously couldn't
compile at all, or only that only compiled from command line. (Make memory
overhead was too much).

The debugger does not run but requires you to exit windows.
(I'm running in 386 enhanced mode).

Harri Pasanen