DOS ain't dead

public domain C compiler for i386 (Developers)

posted by kerravon , Ligao, Free World North, 02.06.2026, 06:28

> I'm not sure how to test it.
>
> PDOS/386 supposedly doesn't work as host yet. HX hasn't been tested. Dunno
> if just using TinyC headers and libs would work (or OpenWatcom or MinGW or
> whatever).
>
> If anyone finds out, please tell us.

You don't have Windows or Linux?

Anyway, I have now tested under HX, and because I need a large stack, I am hitting this apparent HX bug/limitation:

https://github.com/Baron-von-Riedesel/HX/issues/65

so that's ruled out for now.

xcc could potentially be part of making HX self-hosting. jwasm could potentially be compiled with xcc.

Complete thread:

• public domain C compiler for i386 - kerravon, 22.05.2026, 11:14 (Developers)
  • public domain C compiler for i386 - Rugxulo, 31.05.2026, 17:29
    • public domain C compiler for i386 - kerravon, 02.06.2026, 06:28
      • public domain C compiler for i386 - kerravon, 02.06.2026, 20:25
        • public domain C compiler for i386 - kerravon, 03.06.2026, 23:01