From:	"P.B. Davis" <davis AT voeding DOT tno DOT nl>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: DJGPP/RSXNTDJ vs Mingw32
Date:	8 Sep 1999 10:46:55 GMT
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> On 7 Sep 1999, P.B. Davis wrote:
> > If the line of argument includes the
> > (originally Unix) tools bundled with DJGPP, I shall have to be
convinced
> > that similar tools do not exist in a the Windows universe.

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Win32 ports of GNU tools do exist (albeit not all of those available 
> under DJGPP), but there are disadvantages in using them.

I think you are looking at this too GNU-centrically. Are there really
pressing reasons for an inhabitant of the Windows universe making
non-bleeding edge applications to learn to use Unix-type tools to do
unmissable things one can't do with Windows tools. I am in the process of
making an application (not more than 10,000 lines of code) and use Mingw32,
RSXIDE, PFE and occasionally Windows Grep. As my app isn't time-critical I
don't need a profiler. A debugger would be nice, but so far I have survived
with "got as far as here" messages. I consider myself to be working
reasonably efficiently.

Best wishes,

Peter Davis
Zeist
The Netherlands

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