From:	"Smith A. Cat" <imbe AT primenet DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: What do you use DJGPP for???
Date:	9 Jul 1997 20:37:00 -0700
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Alan Wilson wrote:
> 
> I was wondering what everyone use DJGPP for?   A lot of people use compilers
> like Borland C++, Etc..  Why do you use DJGPP?
> 

easy! i use DJGPP because the curses, Allegro, SVAsync, and LWP
libraries are much more awesome than the corresponding libraries for
other compilers.  the GNU libs are also much more ANSI than everybody
else, so you stand a better chance of having a code frag written to
GCC's needs compiling with, say WATCOM than a watcom frag will with
what-have-you.

also, i'm sssslllllooowwlllyy going linux, and DJGPP gets you there MUCH
faster, since the tools and libs are quite similar (for obvious
reasons).

FREE? i paid $250 for Watcom and got NO DOCS.  I have spent $300 on docs
from the FSF!! (my boss has spent about $1000 on toner carts for me to
make really pretty LaTeX double-sided 5.5"x8.5" books of all the docs
from Allegro, GRX, libvga, ld, gasp, RHIDE, & god knows what else!!)

I would pay to use DJGPP.  But how do you get your boss to pay for
something without a reciept?? i'm serious!!

phil

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