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An ancient C++ compiler and IDE for DOS

Around 2006-7 when I was quite young, I had a Windows XP machine with a legacy C++ compiler and IDE installed. I am now trying to remember what the product's name was.

All I remember is that the editor opened in text mode and was obviously designed for DOS. The name "PGCPP" rings a bell, but all some googling found was PGI Compilers & Tools, who specialise in compilers for parallel computing. I downloaded an old release of theirs from 2000, and it contains their proprietary compiler alongside a Cygwin environment, including Vim and Emacs. This is clearly not the IDE I remember.

I remember downloading it for free, legally. It may have been a trial version, I suppose, but I do not remember.

Does anyone with C++ experience spanning around 15-20 years have any idea what product I used back then?

EDIT: The software was called DJGPP and it seems to still be maintained.

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I asked on BetaArchive and somebody, somehow, had used that software before!

The software I remember is called DJGPP. It is a suite of GNU programs, including GCC, ported to DOS.

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