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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 10:49:35 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Reply-To: grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
To: Elliott Oti <e DOT oti AT stud DOT warande DOT ruu DOT nl>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Is djgpp better than Watcom C?
In-Reply-To: <32650732.101F@stud.warande.ruu.nl>
Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961017104817.16494G-100000@ananke.amu.edu.pl>
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On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Elliott Oti wrote:

>Switch? Go ahead and try them both, if you already have Watcom; djgpp is 
>free. With a little careful coding and a few #ifdefs you can write code that
>will compile on both. Aside from inline asm and interrupt handlers the two
>work pretty much the same.
>Advantage Watcom: you can program for Windows too.
NULL for Watcom. With DJGPP you can also program for Widows. Just get the
RSXNTDJ package.
 
>Advantage djgpp: fastest-growing Dos compiler around.
>For the rest they're pretty much the same.

Result:
   DJGPP    WATCOM
     1   :    0

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