kingsley@hpwrce.HP.COM (Kingsley Morse) (05/27/91)
How large can J workspaces be on a 386 PC? And, does the 386 J interpreter run in 'real' or 'protected' mode? Thanks, Kingsley
hui@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM (Roger Hui) (05/28/91)
J currently does not exploit features specific to the 386. It runs in "real" mode, and workspaces are at most 640K. Obviously, it is desirable to remove these restrictions. The main obstacle seems to be finding a run-time memory extender which has no hefty per-copy royalty charge (impossible for a shareware product). Note that J is available for the Interactive 386ix (System V flavor UNIX for the 386), and it does not have these restrictions. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Hui Iverson Software Inc., 33 Major Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2K9 (416) 925 6096
sam@kalessin.jpl.nasa.gov (Sam Sirlin) (05/29/91)
In article <1991May28.120527.21336@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM>, hui@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM (Roger Hui) writes: |> The main |> obstacle seems to be finding a run-time memory extender which has no |> hefty per-copy royalty charge (impossible for a shareware product). |> Note that GNU gcc is available for msdos, which uses protected mode and available memory. You can get it from 128.153.13.196 grape.ecs.clarkson.edu -- Sam Sirlin Jet Propulsion Laboratory sam@kalessin.jpl.nasa.gov