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From: tim%maths.tcd.ie@pucc.princeton.edu (Timothy Murphy)
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Subject: Re: How complete is MINIX? Test with GNUEmacs and X-windows
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Date: 2 Nov 90 09:11:34 GMT
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> 8086  forget it --- GNU is too big for 64K data +64K instructions,
>       we just about got Flex (gnu lex) compiled, but it BARFFED badly
>       when we tried to run it. X or emacs are miles too big.

flex (and lex) run ok for me on a PC/XT, compiled with Turbo-C.
Large arrays have to be defined dynamically, using malloc(),
but otherwise little needs changing, as I recall.

memacs (micro-emacs) compiles ok on the PC, using Turbo-C.
I haven't tried using it, as I'm not an emacs fan,
but I can't see why there should be any problem.


Timothy Murphy

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