Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 13:52:30 03/01/03
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On March 01, 2003 at 16:38:56, Tanya Deborah wrote:
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>Hi to all!
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>Somebody can please tell me how good is this compiler?
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>Somebody here have some experience using this old compiler for chess, or another
>game? How good it is?
Good, but does not optimize as well as current compilers.
Also, it's a 16 bits compiler. So you are going to suffer from 64Kb limitations:
a module cannot exceed 64Kb and accessing a block of memory bigger than 64Kb is
not easy.
Also, it's a DOS compiler without extender. That means that your program + your
data cannot be bigger than 512Kb (approximately, because both DOS and your
program must fit in 640Kb).
I would highly recommend DJGPP+RHIDE as a replacement of Turbo C. They have
almost the same very efficient user interface, and the programs you create are
true 32 bits executables. You can run them in a DOS box but they do not have the
limitations above.
I develop Chess Tiger using DJGPP+RHIDE, so I can tell you it's a very good
compiler. And it's 100% free.
Christophe
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