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Message-Id: <199705190522.BAA20609@keeper.albany.net>
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From: "Jim Lefavour" <jamesl AT mail DOT albany DOT net>
Organization: No Way Out
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 01:20:35 -0500
MIME-Version: 1.0
Subject: DJGPP isn't bad but...
Reply-to: jamesl AT albany DOT net

It COULD be even better :-)

Yes, it supports DOS32 programming, and with RSXNTDJ v. 1.31 it 
supports WIN32 programming (a large subset, anyway). And it 
apparently includes a C++ library (turbovision) port that is even 
better than the original ;-) for DOS32.

What it doesn't have, yet, is a RAD tool. A well designed RAD 
environment would allow/support:

Rapid development of DOS32/WIN32 program interfaces with no "hand 
coding" _required_.
Full customization according to the programmer's needs/desires (with 
customizable "template" (not STL) files and toolbars/menus).
Ease of use, for the newbie to the advanced programmer.
Integration with current IDE in use (save in correct project file 
format, etc...)
Builtin IDE if desired.

Of course, for this to work with the WIN32 environment, RSXNTDJ must 
support c++ programming (I think that it does, but please, if I'm 
wrong, correct me). And, a decent class library must be developed (or 
ported) for it's use...

What I am checking for is this - are there any programmer's out 
there that would like to see something like this? (Or am I the only 
one :-) If so, and I were to begin developing a COMPLETELY FREE GPL'd 
RAD toolkit for DJGPP/RSXNTDJ, would anyone out there (especially the 
c++ coding gurus) be willing to help out - realizing that there would 
be no money, fame or fortune, since it's a free tool...

Please, feel free to respond both to the list and to my email 
personally on this, since I don't have a problem with "duplication" 
:-) and I'd like the whole list to see the results...

If there is sufficient interest, I'd definitely like to get started 
on this, but I won't be able to for about a month or so, so feel free 
to let me know what you think :-)

Jim
jamesl AT albany DOT net http://www.albany.net/~jamesl/
Please also visit: 
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/9244/

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