Re: [Freedos-devel] Does Digital Mars C/C++ compiler able to compile FreeDOS kernel, FreeCOM, and others?

2018-08-23 Thread Ralf Quint
On 8/23/2018 11:42 AM, David McMackins wrote: And that means you still have to pay $59 to get the source code for the compiler, which I think, regardless of license, doesn't really qualify as ' more "free" than OpenWatcom'... Not really. If it's under a free (as in freedom) license, then only

Re: [Freedos-devel] Does Digital Mars C/C++ compiler able to compile FreeDOS kernel, FreeCOM, and others?

2018-08-23 Thread Ralf Quint
On 8/23/2018 12:23 PM, Robert Riebisch wrote: Hi Ralf, Do you have a link stating that Walter Bright changed the license on his C(++) compiler? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17129678 Besten Dank, Robert! Just curious as to why there is not one word mentioned on his Digital Mars web s

Re: [Freedos-devel] Does Digital Mars C/C++ compiler able to compile FreeDOS kernel, FreeCOM, and others?

2018-08-23 Thread Roy Tam
2018-08-24 2:01 GMT+08:00 Ralf Quint : > On 8/23/2018 7:47 AM, Roy Tam wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Since Digital Mars C/C++ compiler can target DOS16, and they >> relicensed compiler in Boost license, which is more "free" than >> license that OpenWatcom uses currently, I wonder if core components >>

Re: [Freedos-devel] Does Digital Mars C/C++ compiler able to compile FreeDOS kernel, FreeCOM, and others?

2018-08-23 Thread Robert Riebisch
Hi Ralf, > Do you have a link stating that Walter Bright changed the license on his > C(++) compiler? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17129678 Cheers, Robert -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page: http://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead: http://www.bttr-software.de/f

Re: [Freedos-devel] Does Digital Mars C/C++ compiler able to compile FreeDOS kernel, FreeCOM, and others?

2018-08-23 Thread David McMackins
And that means you still have to pay $59 to get the source code for the compiler, which I think, regardless of license, doesn't really qualify as ' more "free" than OpenWatcom'... Not really. If it's under a free (as in freedom) license, then only one person (or many pooling together) needs to

Re: [Freedos-devel] Does Digital Mars C/C++ compiler able to compile FreeDOS kernel, FreeCOM, and others?

2018-08-23 Thread Ralf Quint
On 8/23/2018 7:47 AM, Roy Tam wrote: Hi all, Since Digital Mars C/C++ compiler can target DOS16, and they relicensed compiler in Boost license, which is more "free" than license that OpenWatcom uses currently, I wonder if core components like kernel, FreeCOM, or accessories like EDIT can be comp

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeCOM 0.84-pre5 prerelease

2018-08-23 Thread TK Chia
Hello Tom, hello Rugxulo, METADOS is a very advanced, very spaghetti BATCH project, which in the end connects you with TCP, downloads components (MEM.EXE below) from the internet and more interesting stuff. unfortunately, *very* spaghetti. .BAT doesn't have loops. It overuses "goto". It's not T

Re: [Freedos-devel] Does Digital Mars C/C++ compiler able to compile FreeDOS kernel, FreeCOM, and others?

2018-08-23 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hallo Herr Roy Tam, am Donnerstag, 23. August 2018 um 16:47 schrieben Sie: > Hi all, > Since Digital Mars C/C++ compiler can target DOS16, and they > relicensed compiler in Boost license, which is more "free" than > license that OpenWatcom uses currently, I wonder if core components > like kerne

[Freedos-devel] Does Digital Mars C/C++ compiler able to compile FreeDOS kernel, FreeCOM, and others?

2018-08-23 Thread Roy Tam
Hi all, Since Digital Mars C/C++ compiler can target DOS16, and they relicensed compiler in Boost license, which is more "free" than license that OpenWatcom uses currently, I wonder if core components like kernel, FreeCOM, or accessories like EDIT can be compiled with DMC? Regards, Roy -