Comment by 1313ed01
6 days ago
To the list of compiler listed I want to mention this one as well, that is my compiler of choice for 16-bit C in (Free)DOS these days (because it has a MIT license, it's very small, and it runs great inside of DOS itself so no need to mess with cross-compilation and I know if I have an environment like FreeDOS or DOSBox set up I can both compile and run my code, and I will never have to re-install or reconfigure anything when moving between different host systems):
https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS/tree/main/v4.0/src/TOOLS
(Not only Microsoft's C compiler in that directory, but also MASM, MAKE, and a bunch of other tools. 1-2 MB of files and you have an entire toolchain for 16-bit DOS.)
Interesting, "All files within this repo are released under the MIT License as per the LICENSE file stored in the root of this repo," but did they include the source for the toolchain? I may be looking in the wrong place...
No, but that MIT license does not say anything about sharing the source code, so just sharing the binaries should be fine. (Not a lawyer.)
( * Also thanks for mentioning MIT. My comment said BSD, but I fixed that now.)
Yeah, I didn't mean it was illegal, just that you might have an unnecessarily hard time fixing compiler bugs and understanding how the toolchain works.
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