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Doom: DJGPP vs Watcom vs. Digital Mars vs. CC386 (Miscellaneous)

posted by RayeR , CZ, 13.01.2026, 22:43

Somewhere I read (maybe urban legend) that authors of Doom tried to recompile it with DJGPP and wondered how faster does it run so decided to use DJGPP for the next game - Quake...

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Complete thread:

• Doom: DJGPP vs Watcom vs. Digital Mars vs. CC386 - Rugxulo, 11.01.2026, 20:06 (Miscellaneous)
  • Doom: DJGPP vs Watcom vs. Digital Mars vs. CC386 - Guti, 12.01.2026, 17:08
    • Doom: DJGPP vs Watcom vs. Digital Mars vs. CC386 - RayeR, 13.01.2026, 22:43
  • Doom: DJGPP vs Watcom vs. Digital Mars vs. CC386 - RayeR, 15.01.2026, 08:04
    • Doom: DJGPP vs Watcom vs. Digital Mars vs. CC386 - RayeR, 18.01.2026, 16:07
      • Doom: DJGPP vs Watcom vs. Digital Mars vs. CC386 - Rugxulo, 18.01.2026, 16:46