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Date:	Fri, 21 Apr 2000 19:01:19 +0100
From:	Phil <Email AT address DOT sometimes DOT in DOT message DOT body>
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Subject:	Beginner help: Borland c++ and DJGPP
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Hi,

I started to work through a book called 'First Course in C++' [Mark
Harman] using DJGPP as my compiler. However, I've just flicked through a
book in a cheap shop which supplys 'Borland C++ Builder' software and
explains how to use it as well as a rudimentary course on  C++. It
seemed to me to be much easier to use this software to create Windows
programs which have GUI boxes, forms, windows, icons, etc. My current
book doesn't explain any of that, and the programs I create are executed
in a plain old DOS box.

Can anyone tell me the advantages and disadvantages of using Borland (I
don't even know what this is; a langauge or a company?), and if I can
easily create Windows GUI's using DJGPP?

Thanks.
Phil.

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