Hi all, Can anyone recommend a good C compiler for DOS?
I thought there was only DJGPP and had issues with it when I last tried years ago (CWSDPMI), but looking at the FreeDOS build process it seems there are quite a number of workable C compilers for DOS now - so much so I am not sure which one to use! * I would like to be able to produce a native DOS real-mode .exe file that will run in an emulator like DOSBox and on a real 8086 PC running DOS (i.e. without protected mode or extended memory). It looks like there is an "ia16" port of GCC but this seems to produce ELF files rather than .exe? * I would like to be able to cross-compile from a Linux machine, but without having to install a complex cross-compilation environment - meaning the two options I can think of are running a Linux platform cross-compiler from within a Docker container, or running a native DOS compiler from within a virtual environment like QEMU. It looks like OpenWatcom might work for both these use cases? * I would like to be able to automate the build process as much as possible, avoiding complex install requirements as are often the case with cross compilers. This means automatically downloading the compiler would be great, so it knocks out something like Borland Turbo C which although free, doesn't allow redistribution. So a compiler with a more open licence would be better. * Since I only want to compile via a scripted process, any sort of UI, debugger, etc. is not required. Is anyone familiar enough with what's out there to advise which compilers meet these requirements? Are any compilers more actively developed than others? Do they all target protected mode architectures now or do they still support 8086-compatible real mode? Many thanks, Adam. _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
