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From: leisner AT sdsp DOT mc DOT xerox DOT com ("Marty Leisner")
Subject: Re: Porting from DJGPP code
5 Aug 1997 11:44:51 -0700 :
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> Dear Sirs
> 
> 	Most of my source codes are in DJGPP, and I was wondering
> 	whether it is possible to port these to GNU-Win32, and how
>         would you rate the effort needed.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Yoav
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If you try to stay with ansi/posix style code, you should not have much
of a problem...but if you start using dos-isms...

It probably is as hard to port to win32 as some other unix platform.

It many cases if code runs on unix platforms, its easy to port to win32 and 
djgpp.

-- 
marty
leisner AT sdsp DOT mc DOT xerox DOT com  
The Feynman problem solving Algorithm
        1) Write down the problem
        2) Think real hard
        3) Write down the answer
                Murray Gel-mann in the NY Times




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