From:	Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: DJGPP and CYGWIN questions
Date:	Sat, 22 Aug 1998 18:39:11 +0000
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Leiming Qian wrote:
> 
> [GNU-Win32 vs. DJGPP]

You should compare the .o file size, not the final .EXE file size. 
DJGPP FAQ has accounts to why the .EXE file is so large.  GNU-Win32 can
use .DLLs, that probably explains something.

> Now that I am here, I might as well ask some off-topic questions: I have
> always been writing programs in console mode and never worried about user
> interface, since my field is digital signal processing. However my advisor
> asked me to write a GUI interface for the latest---again, console
> mode---program I wrote. Under Xwindow, I used Tcl/Tk and it was pretty easy,
> but for Windows, I have no idea where I should start with.

Why not stick with Tcl/Tk?  It's available for Win32 (even Win32s).

> I don't like
> Microsoft VC++, thought it was designed for idiots. Now I can read a Windows
> C/C++ programming book and start from scratch or, as far as I understand,
> Djgpp has a GUI development library, or I can use Cygwin32. For those of you
> who have been there and done that, which way would you recommend, for a
> programmer who has no GUI and Windows programming experiences whatsoever?

-- 
Weiqi Gao
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