OpenEuphoria

Re: Linux port

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at ATTCANADA.NET> Jun 23, 1999
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Carl White writes:
> 1) [This is more a suggestion than a question]
>   You're now using GNU C for development in Linux.
> Does this mean it may be more viable (no pun intended)
> to continue development under DOS with DJGPP?

I'm content with WATCOM. I'm using it to build both DOS32
and WIN32, and there are advantages to using it for both.
I actually built Euphoria using GNU on DOS back in 1992
(in the pre-1.0 days) before
switching to WATCOM. GNU was lacking in some areas
back then, and DJGPP / GNU had "strings" attached
to developing a commercial product.

There aren't any strings attached to Linux Euphoria.
It's compiled with GNU, but it only uses *dynamic* linking
with GNU shared libraries, (standard C library, math library etc.)
These libraries are on all Linux systems (as far as I know).
If Euphoria were linked *statically* (library code bound into
the Euphoria executable) then I might be required to provide
a way for users to re-link Euphoria with the GNU libraries,
which might be a useful thing someday, but I don't want
to be forced into that now.

2) [This is more a very cheeky question :)] Does EE run?! :)

I'm expecting you or David Cuny to have EE up and running
within hours of installing Linux Euphoria. Actually, you'll
have to wait for the next release (alpha), since I probably
won't get around to doing mouse support in the "pre-alpha".

Regards,
     Rob Craig
     Rapid Deployment Software
     http://members.aol.com/FilesEu/