> * 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.
that' s easy, and has been around xxDOS for about 35 years.
distribute the binary PROGRAM.EXE
almost no xxDOS user expects to have to build executables by
themselves. that's a linux concept (which is ok) but for many years
amounted to something like
to build this,
point the path to xxx
set environment to yy=xxx\bin
...
...
...
now
configure
build
might actually build a binary.
in addition, net connectivity of a new DOS machine is much less then
guaranteed. so downloading a compiler (franework) is not guaranteed,
and probably not a good idea about software distribution.
Tom
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