Re:FreeDOS's Linux Roots
by i_feel_great on Thursday June 27, 2019 @07:23PM
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Curious. How exactly does one build embedded applications for FreeDOS? What languages/compiles can I use?
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Re:FreeDOS's Linux Roots
by AstroJetson on Thursday June 27, 2019 @08:58PM
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Rexx! Loved that on OS/2, pretty happy to see that it has a home on FreeDOS.
Re:FreeDOS's Linux Roots
by i_feel_great on Thursday June 27, 2019 @08:29PM
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FreePascal & Lua! Thanks
One can use the free Open Watcom or DJGPP to code in C or C++.
Is DJGPP still maintained? All I could seem to find are very old versions, unless the project has moved somewhere that I couldn't find.
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/
Considering it has GCC 9.1.0, I'd say it's still maintained.
This website is such a blast from the past. I remember using DJGPP in highschool in 1998 and it still looks just the same. Glad to hear that it's still being used and updated; maybe I'll give it another try for old time's sake.
Check Open Watcom v2[1], which is still actively developed. Also the JWasm[2] - FOSS alternative to MASM.
I think LLVM is adding 16 bit support of some kind. It's not something that's "self-hosted" on DOS itself like some of the other solutions are, but the flip side is that this gives you a lot of flexibility. You could even develop in Rust.