Re: [Freedos-user] FreeBASIC status?

[Rugxulo]

Hi,

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 10:22 AM, dos386  wrote:
>
>> I've never used QB64 but have heard some stuff about it.
>> For one, it uses a C++ compiler as backend, no?
>
> http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=8785 (shots and
> links are dead, unfortunately)
> http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=8891

Yes, I vaguely remember, but HX trickery isn't really "DOS".

>> doing some reading on the pros/cons of FreeBASIC vs QB64
>
> EXE's from Q64 used to depend from only 8 MiO DLL bloat back in 2010
> ... no clue how far it works nowadays 6 years later.

No idea if it behaves better or not. But, again, it has no DOS port,
so it's less interesting (to me).

> AFAIK FreeBASIC still works in DOS (check the forum) ...

Yeah, it still works, I can successfully rebuild FBMD5 under QEMU with
latest FBC.   :-)

> although the DGJPP bloat is a bit frustrating.

Free Pascal is better (thanks to smartlinking and no libc dependency).

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[Freedos-user] Mounting VirtualBox FreeDOS images in Windows

[Ulrich Hansen]

After several tests I have decided to switch the ready-to-use FreeDOS images I 
provide on

https://www.lazybrowndog.net/freedos/virtualbox

to the VHD image type. Using VHD instead of VDI (the default type of 
VirtualBox) has the advantage that it can be mounted in Windows and other 
systems. So you can easily exchange files. You find a walkthrough at:

https://www.lazybrowndog.net/freedos/virtualbox/?page_id=443

I got the idea from our latest discussions, so thanks again!
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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeBASIC status?

[dos386]

> I've never used QB64 but have heard some stuff about it.
> For one, it uses a C++ compiler as backend, no?

http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=8785 (shots and
links are dead, unfortunately)
http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=8891

> doing some reading on the pros/cons of FreeBASIC vs QB64

EXE's from Q64 used to depend from only 8 MiO DLL bloat back in 2010
... no clue how far it works nowadays 6 years later.

AFAIK FreeBASIC still works in DOS (check the forum) ... although the
DGJPP bloat is a bit frustrating.

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