From:	"deckerben" <bdeck AT lycos DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: RSXNTDJ with DJGPP
Date:	Sat, 15 Mar 2003 15:57:22 +0100
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"Martin Stromberg" <eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se> wrote in message
news:b4piud$pu7$1 AT antares DOT lu DOT erisoft DOT se...
> Kathleen (kathleen DOT olaofe AT rmcs DOT cranfield DOT ac DOT uk) wrote:
> : I must say that to a busy want-some-software-that-works like me,
> : DJGPP is a nightmare - I eventually got the basic C & C++ with
>
> It's not. Only (perhaps) the RXSNTDJ part.

Agreed. DJGPP is a reputable, industrial-strength, POSIX-compatible
programming solution for DOS. When used alone.

I also tried "RXSNTDJ" (months ago when I was also brand new to DJGPP) and
found it a waste of my time. I did get a few simple programs written, but
found that they performed very poorly. And nobody cares when I write
"RXSNTDJ" on my resume,  anyway :-), but Visual Studio... hmmmm now that is
much better *use* of my professional *time* (that is, if the program
absolutely must be WINDOZE specific (hope not).

Sticking to established standards, and not wasting time with toys has proved
itself a very good policy for me, anyway.

But I would recommend DJGPP as a development platform to anyone. You can do
a lot with it.

Interestingly, in doing many software ports, I have found that the ability
of any package to build problem-free on a well-equipped DJGPP installation
really "separates the men from the boys" in the world of portability. Sadly,
some Linux developers are just as blind as the 'DOZE ones, thinking that
their unneccessarily forked, memory-mapped, pole()-dependent packages are
"portable" just because they can build on both, SUSE and DEBIAN and even RED
HAT :-(

Ben

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