Re: Reference compiler (was Re: [Freedos-kernel] Re: patch: inthndlr.c)

2004-05-10 Thread Jim Hall
Steffen Kaiser wrote: On Mon, 10 May 2004, Bart Oldeman wrote: Hi Tom, You don't remember correctly. the kernel reference compiler has been for a long time TC 2.01 (which is free), and has been changed to OW because it generates better (smaller) code, and because it's free and open. Aitor remem

Re: Reference compiler (was Re: [Freedos-kernel] Re: patch: inthndlr.c)

2004-05-10 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 10-Май-2004 16:01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bart Oldeman) wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >> It works (compiles programs). I even already prepared ATTRIB edition, >> which compilable by TC/BC/OW, and delay its release only because wait, if I >> found some new ways to reduce RTL (by replacing some R

Re: Reference compiler (was Re: [Freedos-kernel] Re: patch: inthndlr.c)

2004-05-10 Thread Bart Oldeman
On Mon, 10 May 2004, Arkady V.Belousov wrote: > It works (compiles programs). I even already prepared ATTRIB edition, > which compilable by TC/BC/OW, and delay its release only because wait, if I > found some new ways to reduce RTL (by replacing some RTL functions) - > currently ATTRIB.EXE af

Re: Reference compiler (was Re: [Freedos-kernel] Re: patch: inthndlr.c)

2004-05-10 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 10-Май-2004 15:18 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steffen Kaiser) wrote to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: SK> Arkady, how is your progress toward OW going? It works (compiles programs). I even already prepared ATTRIB edition, which compilable by TC/BC/OW, and delay its release only because

Re: Reference compiler (was Re: [Freedos-kernel] Re: patch: inthndlr.c)

2004-05-10 Thread Aitor Santamaría Merino
Steffen Kaiser escribió: How about to change the reference compiler not only for the kernel, but for all the project? There had been a movement from MASM to NASM already, so this can be reflected here as well. This is missing some documentation as well, right? It would be helpful to have some port

Re: Reference compiler (was Re: [Freedos-kernel] Re: patch: inthndlr.c)

2004-05-10 Thread Steffen Kaiser
On Mon, 10 May 2004, tom ehlert wrote: Hello Tom, to read and to care for are two things, right --> therefore: > Now - what use has a spec, if noone cares the slighest about it ? That's why I suggested to update it to the current, in order to give it more substance. And to reflect the actual st

Re: Reference compiler (was Re: [Freedos-kernel] Re: patch: inthndlr.c)

2004-05-10 Thread tom ehlert
Hello Steffen, > http://fd-doc.sourceforge.net/spec/spec.html > Section "Programming Tools To Be Used" > "Our reference standard for a C compiler will be Borland C 3.1. Our > reference standard for Assembly will be Microsoft MASM. Borland C 3.1 was > chosen as the reference standard because this

Reference compiler (was Re: [Freedos-kernel] Re: patch: inthndlr.c)

2004-05-10 Thread Steffen Kaiser
On Mon, 10 May 2004, Bart Oldeman wrote: > Hi Tom, > > > You don't remember correctly. > > the kernel reference compiler has been for a long time TC 2.01 (which > > is free), and has been changed to OW because it generates better > > (smaller) code, and because it's free and open. > > Aitor rememb