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Re: OffTopic: C, PERL, 4DOS - Major headache... Just shoot me.

• Posted by "Gerardo E. Brandariz" <gebrandariz at YAHOO.COM> Jun 14, 2000
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----- Original Message -----
From: Lucius L. Hilley III <lhilley at CDC.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 2:51 PM
Subject: OffTopic: C, PERL, 4DOS - Major headache... Just shoot me.


> I just want a DOS or Win32 compiled PERL 5.
> Quick fix: will someone send me a compiled copy of PERL 5 for DOS or
Win32?
>
>     I'm happy with my standard DOS.  I don't want 4DOS, and don't care
much
> about C compilers or the PERL source code.  Now that I have that off my
> chest let me continue with my problem/headache.
>
>     I have the C source for PERL 5 something another.  It claims to be
> compilable on any one of several C compilers.  Borland C++ 5.01, Mingw32
> EGCS, and a few others.  TC 2.01 isn't one of them BUT...  I did download
> EGCS about the same time I downloaded the PERL source.  I tried to install
> it but who knows....  Let's assume that I manage to get EGCS installed
> properly and it works.  The next hurdle is that it can't be compiled under
> the DOS that comes with Win95.  I can think of a few choice words for this
> flaw.  It will however compile under 4DOS.  Once compiled it is suppose to
> work fine under the 4DOS as well as the DOS that comes with Win95.
>
> If I, regretfully, install 4DOS will it be easy to uninstall or will I
have
> to beat either my computer or myself to death?
>
>
>     An overly annoyed,
>         Lucius L. Hilley III
>         lhilley at cdc.net
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Not only is 4DOS easy to install and uninstall, but it can also be
'commented out' any time. Reboot, and you're back with old command.com,
which never really went away. If you work from Win32 (or from a Linux or
OS/2 emulation, for that matter), you can even open different DOS sessions,
some with command.com (the original), and some with 4DOS.

Anyway, as far as I know, 4DOS won't hurt you any. It's mostly enhancements,
including ports of a good many Unix commands MS-DOS forgot to swipe.

Luck.

Gerardo E. Brandariz


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