Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/28/21:56:23
On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Orlando Andico wrote:
> On 26 Jan 1997, frenchc wrote:
>
> > is probably the reason why I never did any more windows programing heheh)
> > but how hard can it be to emulate the windows API?
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> famous last words, don't you think? ;)
> i think the real problem is not just emulating the windows API, but all
> those &*(&^$^ DLL's as well. micro$oft keeps adding and adding 'em and you
> can't claim true windoze compatibility if you don't emulate them DLL's as
> well..
>
> for reference, see the WINE project.. after several years, even with lots
> of volunteers, it's still incomplete. 8O
Hey, it's getting there! WINE runs solitaire on my system. Thats
about it, but after 4 years of work from hundreds of people over the
net, what do you expect? :o) Seriously, I hardly doubt that any
free Windows clone will become available within the next 5 years that
has even the functionality of 3.1 does today. This is unfortunate,
but sadly I believe it to be true. WINE will probably be the closest
thing though.
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