Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/12/05/10:58:59
Leath Muller wrote:
>
> > Well.. *maybe* you're right, though I disagree. At least that will change
> > pretty soon, believe me. As for gcc, I really thing gcc is easier to use
> > under Linux than under DOS (no offense DJGPP!). I bet(!) most people who
> > already feel comfortable with DJGPP and its unixisms, would _love_ linux.
> > Just give it a try, and if it's still too hard (again: it's not!!!), come
> > back later.
>
> gcc under Linux is easier to use than DJGPP. As far as I know, a lot of
> people on this group have either used or do use Linux (myself included).
> BUT, how many people use Linux, and how many use DOS? If everybody used
> Linux, I would code for it. :)
>
> Leathal.
Actually with all the utilities that came with djgpp 2.01 it feels unixier than
ever. But I agree; one of the reasons I (not without some regret) removed
my Linux partition was that I wasn't doing anything really concrete with it.
It's not so much the fact that games can be hard to get working, or that my
worthless vid card hates X window, it is indeed that isolated feeling you get
when everyone else around is using MSDOG and Win95. Once I got the distribution
installed, kernels recompiled, settings tweaked to hearts desire, accounts for
me, my girlfriend and my pet rabbit, and the C/C++/objectiveC/fortran/Ada/
smalltalk/lisp compilers busily sitting there I kind of .. ran out of ideas ..
Sorry for the babbling.
Elliott
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