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		raverbashing on June 20, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A framework for making 2D DOS games in Lua Yeah, DJGPP is great and I think it was one of the first compilers to work in Protected Mode and take (most of) the DOS/Real mode pain away

jacquesm on June 20, 2014 [–]

Either DJGPP or Watcom with PharLap.

But regardless of who was first (they'll be pretty close, '89 or so) it was a huge step forward for programming on x86. The fact that it was free made it even more amazing.

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